Vitamin intake: A possible determinant of plasma homocyst(e)ine among middle-aged adults

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 285-293

  Shimakawa, Tomoko ^a,f   Nieto, F Javier ^b   Malinow, M Rene ^c   Chambless, Lloyd E ^d   Schreiner, Pamela J ^e   Szklo, Moyses ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f 4706 Hallowed Stream ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Folate; Homocyst(e)ine; Nutrition surveys; Vitamin B12; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; METHIONINE; PHOSPHORUS; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PYRIDOXINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0030922255     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(97)00004-5     Document Type: Article

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