Status of Vitamin B12 and Folate among the Urban Adult Population in South India

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 94-102

  Sivaprasad, M ^a   Shalini, T ^a   Balakrishna, N ^a   Sudarshan, M ^a   Lopamudra, P ^a   Suryanarayana, P ^a   Arlappa, N ^a   Ravikumar, B P ^b   Radhika, M S ^a   Reddy, G Bhanuprakash ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

^b Mamata Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Adults; Community study; Diet survey; Folate; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INDIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETARIAN; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; DIET; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959504237     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000442677     Document Type: Article

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