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Sex differences in cobalamin (vitamin B 12 ) opinions of Swedish physicians

Mats Nilsson Departent of Community Health, County Council of Västerbotten, Umeå, Sweden
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Johan Lökk Department of Geriatric Medicine, Huddinge Hospital/Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
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Bo Norberg Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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Johan Hultdin Department of Medical Biosciences, Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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Herbert Sandström Department of Family Medicine, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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Göran Westman Department of Family Medicine, University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
Pages 299-303 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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