Vitamin Deficiency in the Elderly: Prevalence Clinical Significance and Effects on Brain Function

by J.R. Kemm (Editor)

This book aims to provide a discussion of the entire area of vitamin deficiency in the elderly. The editor explores the concepts of vitamin deficiency and nutrient requirements, technical problems of measuring vitamin intake, the difficulties of interpreting intake measurements, and clinical signs and biochemical measures of vitamin status. The question of the frequency of vitamin deficiency in the elderly population and the evidence that subclinical deficiency affects the quality of life are investigated, and the implications for health policy makers and individual clinicians are considered.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1985

Reviews

[Isabella Moffitt · Rating 2 out of 5]

General consensus is that vitamin deficiency causes non-specific ill health before the development of overt deficiency disease and these should be monitored in the elderly as warning signs