Hyperhomocysteinemia, and low intakes of folic acid and vitamin B12 in urban North India

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 68-77

  Misra, Anoop ^a   Vikram, Naval K ^a   Pandey, R M ^a   Dwivedi, Manjari ^a   Ahmad, Faiz Uddin ^a   Luthra, Kalpana ^a   Jain, Kajal ^a   Khanna, Nidhi ^a   Devi, J Rama ^a   Sharma, Rekha ^a   Guleria, Randeep ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Asian Indians; Coronary heart disease; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Vegetarians; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIET; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INDIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETARIAN; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; OBESITY; POVERTY AREAS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN B 12;

SLUM;

EID: 0036933045     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003940200010     Document Type: Article

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