Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Jordan: A population-based study

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 101-105

  El Khateeb, Mohammed ^a   Khader, Yousef ^c   Batieha, Anwar ^c   Jaddou, Hashem ^c   Hyassat, Dana ^a   Belbisi, Adel ^b   Ajlouni, Kamel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Gender; Homocysteine; Jordan

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; MULTIVITAMIN; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; COBALAMIN DERIVATIVE; HOLOCOBALAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JORDAN; JORDANIAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PILOT STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT; CHILD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION GROUP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; JORDAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902302472     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355440     Document Type: Article

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