Life-style habits and homocysteine levels in an elderly population

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 437-442

  Dankner, Rachel ^a,c   Chetrit, Angela ^a   Lubin, Flora ^a   Sela, Ben Ami ^b,c  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Homocysteine; Life style habits; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SMOKING HABIT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 13544266561     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327398     Document Type: Article

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