Open AccessAssociation of Vitamin B12 Deficiency and Use of Reverse Osmosis Processed Water for Drinking: A Cross-Sectional Study from Western India
Author(s) -
Ekant Surendra Gupta,
Sanket Pranjivan Sheth,
Jaishree Ganjiwale
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/19621.7864
Subject(s) - vitamin b12 , cross sectional study , confounding , environmental health , medicine , logistic regression , pathology
Prevalence of Vitamin B12 deficiency has increased in community in recent time. Possibility is raised for new and yet unidentified factors being associated with this increased prevalence. One of these factors frequently questioned is use of Reverse Osmosis (RO) processed water for drinking.