The impact of vegan diet on B-12 status in healthy omnivores: Five-year prospective study

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum, Technologia Alimentaria

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-212

  Madry, Edyta ^a   Lisowska, Aleksandra ^a   Grebowiec, Philip ^a   Walkowiak, Jarosław ^a,b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Risk of defi ciency; Vegan diet; Vegetarianism; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

LONG-TERM EFFECTS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEGETARIANISM;

BODY FLUIDS;

NUTRITION;

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADULT; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859918995     PISSN: 16440730     EISSN: 18989594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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