A study of homocysteine level in North Indian subjects with special reference to their dietary habit

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Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Kalita, Jayantee ^a   Misra, Usha Kant ^a   Kumar Srivastava, Amit ^a   I S , Bindu ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

B12; Dietary; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Indian population

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SITTING; SMOKING; VEGETARIAN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 35549008876     PISSN: 17514991     EISSN: 17514991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclnm.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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