Efficacy of a 28-day oral cyanocobalamin supplementation on vitamin B status in Spanish institutionalized elderly

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 104-112

  Albers, Ulrike ^a   Pedrero Chamizo, Raquel ^a   Meléndez, Agustin ^a   Pietrzik, Klaus ^b   Castillo, Manuel J ^c   González Gross, Marcela ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyanocobalamin; Elderly; Subclinical deficiency; Supplementation; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; COBALAMIN DERIVATIVE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOLOTRANSCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SPAIN; TRANSCOBALAMINS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84871875533     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: 16642821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831/a000099     Document Type: Article

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