Prevalence of vitamin B12 depletion and deficiency in Liechtenstein

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 241-247

  Koenig, Victoria ^a   Stanga, Zeno ^b   Zerlauth, Manfred ^c   Bernasconi, Luca ^d   Risch, Martin ^c   Huber, Andreas ^a   Risch, Lorenz ^c,e  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Labormedizinisches Zentrum Dr Risch   (Liechtenstein)

^d LMZ Risch Laboratories   (Switzerland)

^e PRIVATE UNIVERSITY OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

Author keywords

Holotranscobalamin; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIECHTENSTEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIECHTENSTEIN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896448705     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012005289     Document Type: Article

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