Folate, vitamin B12, homocysteine status and DNA damage in young Australian adults

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1163-1171

  Fenech, Michael ^a   Aitken, Clare ^a   Rinaldi, Josephine ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TABLET;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMATINICS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; PLACEBOS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0031903189     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/19.7.1163     Document Type: Article

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