Scientific studies claim that folic acid, vitamin B12 and iron deficiency are important public health problems in India (2,4). In a community-based study, adolescent rural Indian women with asymptomatic vitamin B-12 deficiency, it was demonstrated improvement in haematological and biochemical-metabolic indices, and in peripheral nerve function, after treatment with oral vitamin B-12 (3).
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