Journal article
Vitamin B12 and folate deficiency in later life.
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OBJECTIVES: to examine the prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency and folate deficiency in later life in representative samples of the elderly population in the United Kingdom. DESIGN: a population-based cross-sectional analysis of 3,511 people aged 65 years or older from three studies was used to estimate the age-specific prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency and of folate deficiency. Vitamin B12 deficiency is conventionally diagnosed if serum vitamin B12 < 150 pmol/l ('low vitamin B12'). W...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Age and ageing
- Volume:
- 33
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 34-41
- Publication date:
- 2004-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1468-2834
- ISSN:
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0002-0729
- Source identifiers:
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49236
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:49236
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- pubs:49236
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2004
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