Population references for plasma total homocysteine concentrations for U.S. children and adolescents in the post-folic acid fortification era

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2253-2256

  Ganji, Vijay ^a   Kafai, Mohammad R ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Homocysteine; National health and nutrition examination survey; United states

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24744446231     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.9.2253     Document Type: Article

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