Dietary intake pattern relates to plasma folate and homocysteine concentrations in the Framingham Heart Study

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3025-3031

  Tucker, Katherine L ^a   Selhub, Jacob ^a   Wilson, Peter W F ^b   Rosenberg, Irwin H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

breakfast cereal; elderly humans; folate; fruits and vegetables; homocysteine

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 0030442977     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.12.3025     Document Type: Article

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