B vitamins and plasma homocysteine concentrations in an urban and rural area of costa rica

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 224-231

  Kim, Mi Kyung ^a,c   Campos, Hannia ^a   Ordovas, Jose M ^b   Selhub, Jacob ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

B vitamins; Costa Rica; Folate; Hispanic; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; COSTA RICA; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMOCYSTEINE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COSTA RICA; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 0038792491     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2003.10719297     Document Type: Article

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