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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Vitamin B12 Deficiency

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of vitamin B12 deficiency. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
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National Institutes of Health

Facts About Dietary Supplements: Vitamin B12

For Students 9th - 10th
This website answers several questions about vitamin B12 such as, "What foods provide vitamin B12?" and "When is a deficiency of vitamin B12 likely to occur?" Here, you will also find information on the health conditions prevented and...
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Vitamin B12

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to providing information on the functions and food sources of vitamin B12, this website includes a chart of usage and dosage.
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Other

International Health News Database: Vitamin B12

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website, there are several summaries of medical studies and clinical trials on vitamin B12 and its role in preventing and treating various health conditions. Read about vitamin B12's role in fighting such conditions as...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1964

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Nobel eMuseum allows you to read about the recipient of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994 CE), who was honored "For her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of...
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Nutritional Deficiencies and Anemia

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes three nutritional deficiencies that can lead to anemia. Also provides reader with the names of several foods to eat to correct these deficiencies.
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University of Arizona

University of Arizona: B12/folate Problem Set

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an interactive assessment in which you will learn which biological reactions require either B12 or folate (or both), the consequences of a deficiency in either vitamin, and the important step in which B12 and folate...
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Science is Fun

University of Wisconsin Madison: Chlorophyll

For Students 9th - 10th
This site on chlorophyll discusses what it is, its structure, molecules with similar structure, its role in photosynthesis, and its absorption spectrum.
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Healthline Media

Medical News Today: What Is Vitamin B12?

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the causes, symptoms, effects, and treatment of Vitamin B deficiency.
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Anemia and Fatigue

For Students 9th - 10th
Briefly explains what anemia and fatigue are and how they are related. Also presents symptoms of anemia and the consequences of leaving it untreated.
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University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Problemas De B12 Y Folato

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn which biological reactions require either B12, folate or both and he consequences of a deficiency in either vitamin. The correct answers for the multiple choices problems are reinforced with a brief explanation and the incorrect...
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Precision Nutrition

Encyclopedia of Food: Vitamin B12 Cobalamin

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An important vitamin to humans is vitamin B12. Find sources and benefits to the vitamin as well as potential trouble with deficiency or excess in the body.
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Anemia and Vitamin B 12

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses anemia due to an insufficinency of B-12. It discusses the absorption problems of B-12 as well. Lastly it reveals what researchers have discovered is the best way to absorb B-12 into the body.
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Other

Moms Team: u.s. Dietary Reference Intakes (Dr Is) for Vitamins

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a chart with useful information on the vitamins you need to be healthy. Includes the "functions" and "sources" of vitamins C, B1, niacin, B6, folic acid, B12, A, D, E, and K.
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Vitamin B12

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very brief write-up on vitamin B12, which is organized into several sections including, "Function," "Food Sources," and "Recommendations." Though not containing detailed information, this website serves as a good source of...
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Curated OER

Vitamin B12 Source

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very brief write-up on vitamin B12, which is organized into several sections including, "Function," "Food Sources," and "Recommendations." Though not containing detailed information, this website serves as a good source of...