Vitamin B-12 deficiency in children is associated with grade repetition and school absenteeism, independent of folate, iron, zinc, or vitamin A status biomarkers

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1541-1548

  Duong, Minh Cam ^a   Mora Plazas, Mercedes ^b   Marín, Constanza ^b   Villamor, Eduardo ^a  

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

^b Foundation for Research in Nutrition and Health   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Folate; Grade repetition; Iron; School absenteeism; School children; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COLOMBIA; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GRADE REPETITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM; SCHOOL CHILD; BLOOD; BODY MASS; ERYTHROCYTE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

ABSENTEEISM; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 84935488967     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.211391     Document Type: Article

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