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High vitamin B12 level and mortality in elderly inpatients

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  1. Geriatric Department, CHU Bordeaux, Pessac, France

    N. Salles

  2. Rehabilitation and Geriatric Department, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

    F. Herrmann

  3. Nuremberg Hospital, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg and Clinic II, Germany

    C. Sieber

  4. Poliger Community Medicine Department, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

    C. Rapin

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Salles, N., Herrmann, F., Sieber, C. et al. High vitamin B12 level and mortality in elderly inpatients. J Nutr Health Aging 12, 219–221 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02982624

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