Dietary intake of folate equivalents and risk of myocardial infarction in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) - Potsdam study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 465-471

  Drogan, Dagmar ^a   Klipstein Grobusch, Kerstin ^a,c   Dierkes, Jutta ^b   Weikert, Cornelia ^a   Boeing, Heiner ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Folic acid; Myocardial infarction; Prospective study; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIET; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33746463451     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005863     Document Type: Article

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