Homocysteine, folate, vitamin B12, and cardiovascular risk in Indians, Malays, and Chinese in Singapore

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-34

  Hughes, Kenneth ^a   Ong, Choon Nam ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNICITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGAPORE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHINA; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; VITAMIN B 12;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0033989359     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.54.1.31     Document Type: Article

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