Renal function parameters of Thai vegans compared with non-vegans

Renal Failure

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-220

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Renal function; Vegetarianism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET;

BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CREATININE; DIET, VEGETARIAN; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; PROTEINURIA; THAILAND;

EID: 33847237982     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08860220601098912     Document Type: Article

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