Serum homocysteine levels in healthy Chilean adults;Niveles de homocisteína en adultos sanos chilenos

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 905-910

  Bunout B, Daniel ^a   Petermann T, Margarita ^a   De La Maza C, Pía ^a   Kauffmann Q, Ronald ^a   Suazo R, Miriam ^a   Hirsch B, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Folic acid deficiency; Homocysteine; Public health; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILE; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE;

ADULT; AGED; CHILE; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE;

EID: 3643077296     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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