Vitamin B12 deficiency in the institutionalized elderly: A regional study

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 221-225

  Wong, C W ^a   Ip, C Y ^a   Leung, C P ^a   Leung, C S ^a   Cheng, J N ^a   Siu, C Y ^a  

^a Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Elderly; Folate; Institution; Macrocytosis; Vitamin B12; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGALOCYTOSIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CHINA; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84936862795     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2015.06.016     Document Type: Article

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