Plasma homocysteine concentration is decreased by dietary intervention

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-301

  Silaste, Marja Leena ^a   Rantala, Maire ^a   Alfthan, Georg ^b   Aro, Antti ^b   Kesäniemi, Antero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diet; Folate; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FRUIT; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN B 12;

CITRUS;

EID: 0037354318     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2002776     Document Type: Article

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