The Folate-Vitamin B12 Interaction, Low Hemoglobin, and the Mortality Risk from Alzheimer's Disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 705-712

  Min, Jin Young ^a   Min, Kyoung Bok ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anemia; cohort; dementia; folate; mortality; Vitamin B

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RISK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84971330902     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-151095     Document Type: Article

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