Vitamin B12 deficiency in the aged: a population-based study

Loikas, Saila; J. Koskinen, Päivi; Irjala, Kerttu; Löppönen, Minna; Isoaho, Raimo; Kivelä, Sirkka‐Liisa; Pelliniemi, T.-T.

doi:10.1093/ageing/afl150

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Vitamin B12 deficiency in the aged: a population-based study

Published in Age and Ageing • Dec 23, 2006

Authors:

Saila Loikas

Päivi J. Koskinen

Kerttu Irjala

Abstract

BACKGROUND: vitamin B12 deficiency is common in the aged, but it is controversial whether only some risk groups should be investigated instead of screening the entire aged population. OBJECTIVES: to describe the prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency in the Finnish aged, and to find out if the subject...

Subject

Vitamin B12

Medicine

Macrocytosis

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