Nutritional causes
Nutritional causes of folate deficency may be due to:
- poverty
- elderly
- alcoholism
- anorexia
- premature birth
- institutionalisation
Reference
- Allen LH. Causes of vitamin B12 and folate deficiency. Food Nutr Bull. 2008 Jun;29(2 Suppl):S20-34; discussion S35-7.
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