An Ontario-wide study of vitamin B12, serum folate, and red cell folate levels in relation to plasma homocysteine: Is a preventable public health issue on the rise?

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 337-343

  Ray, Joel G ^a,b,d   Cole, David E C ^a   Boss, Sheila C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MDS Laboratories   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Folate; Fortification; Homocysteine; Test properties; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBINS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033778284     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(00)00083-7     Document Type: Article

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