Homocysteine and its nutritional determinants in two ethnic groups of Slovakia

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 217-219

  Krajcovicova Kudlackova, M ^a   Blazicek P ^b   Ginter, E ^a   Valachicova M ^a  

^a SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b Hospital of Ministry of Defense   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Homocysteine; Romany population; Slovak majority population; Vitamin B12; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; SLOVAKIA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FOLIC ACID; FOOD HABITS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SLOVAKIA; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 11344261273     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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