Plasma homocysteine, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, is lowered by physiological doses of folic acid

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 519-524

  Ward, Mary ^a   Mcnulty, H ^a   Mcpartlin, J ^b   Strain, J J ^a   Weir, D G ^b   Scott, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SERUM;

EID: 0030750822     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/90.8.519     Document Type: Article

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