Is a low blood level of vitamin B12 a cardiovascular and diabetes risk factor? A systematic review of cohort studies.

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Published in Eur J Nutr on June 29, 2010

Authors

Snorri B Rafnsson1, Ponnusamy Saravanan, Raj S Bhopal, Chittaranjan S Yajnik

Author Affiliations

1: Public Health Sciences Section, School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health and Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. S.B.Rafnsson@ed.ac.uk

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