Serum folate and vitamin B12 in older people. Results from the Chilean national health survey 2009-2010;Nivel sérico de folato y vitamina B12 en adultos mayores chilenos. Resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud ENS 2009-2010

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1107-1116

  Castillo Lancellotti, Cecilia ^a   Margozzini, Paula ^b   Valdivia, Gonzalo ^b   Padilla, Oslando ^b   Uauy, Ricardo ^b,c   Rozowski, Jaime ^b   Tur, Josep A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aged; Folic acid; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CHILE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84893218108     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0034-98872013000900002     Document Type: Article

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