Plasma concentration of folate as a biomarker for the intake of fruit and vegetables: The Hordaland Homocysteine Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 434-439

  Brevik, Asgeir ^a   Vollset, Stein Emil ^b   Tell, Grethe S ^b   Refsum, Helga ^b,c   Ueland, Per Magne ^b   Loeken, Elin Bjorge ^a   Drevon, Christian A ^a   Andersen, Lene Frost ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Folate; Fruit; Hordaland Homocysteine Study; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; ORANGE JUICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAD; COHORT STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FRUIT; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 14544275996     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn.81.2.434     Document Type: Article

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