Nutritional determinants of plasma total homocysteine distribution in the Canary Islands

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-118

  Henriquez P ^a   Doreste, J ^a   Deulofeu, R ^b   Fiuza, M D ^c   Serra Majem, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Canarian Health Service   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 33845549002     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602490     Document Type: Article

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