Homocysteine, folate and vitamin B12 as risk factors for acute myocardial infarction in a Southeast Asian population

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 636-640

  Ng, Kenneth C ^a   Yong, Q W ^b   Chan, S P ^b   Cheng, A ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Plasma folate; Plasma total homocysteine; Plasma vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SINGAPORE; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0036730195     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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