Serum folate, Vitamin B12 and cognitive impairment in Chilean older adults

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 2600-2608

  Castillo Lancellotti, Cecilia ^a   Margozzini, Paula ^b   Valdivia, Gonzalo ^b   Padilla, Oslando ^b   Uauy, Ricardo ^b,c   Rozowski, Jaime ^b   Tur, Josep A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chile; Elderly; Executive function; Folic acid

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

AGE; AGED; BLOOD; CHILE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84941943246     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014003206     Document Type: Article

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