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Seasonal variation in megaloblastic anaemia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

I. P. Palva  and
S. J. Salokannel
I. P. Palva
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
S. J. Salokannel
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Abstract

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1. Four hundred and fifty patients who were treated for megaloblastic anaemias in northern Finland were grouped according to the month of diagnosis.

2. Only slight seasonal variation was detectable in the occurrence of megaloblastic anaemia.

3. During the first half of the twentieth century the seasonal variation in occurrence of megaloblastic anaemia was pronounced. The decrease in the variation is most likely related to the more even distribution throughout the year of the supply of foods containing folate and vitamin B12.

Information

Type
Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , May 1972 , pp. 593 - 595
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1972

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