Vitamin B12 serostatus in Colombian children and adult women: Results from a nationally representative survey

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 836-843

  Herrán, Oscar F ^a   Ward, Julia B ^b   Villamor, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombia; Deficiency; Prevalence; Representative survey; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924039535     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014001141     Document Type: Article

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