Regional, socioeconomic, and dietary risk factors for vitamin B-12 deficiency differ from those for folate deficiency in Cameroonian women and children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2587-2595

  Shahab Ferdows, Setareh ^a   Engle Stone, Reina ^b   Hampel, Daniela ^a   Ndjebayi, Alex O ^c   Nankap, Martin ^c   Brown, Kenneth H ^b   Allen, Lindsay H ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Cameroon; Folate; Fortification; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CAMEROON; CAMEROONIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMEROON; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949675778     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.210195     Document Type: Article

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