Plasma homocysteine is not subject to seasonal variation

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1430-1436

  McKinley, M C ^a   Strain, J J ^a   McPartlin, J ^a   Scott, J M ^a   McNulty, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0034917414     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/47.8.1430     Document Type: Article

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