Folate, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and methionine intakes and risk of stroke subtypes in male smokers

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 954-961

  Larsson, Susanna C ^a   Männistö, Satu ^b   Virtanen, Mikko J ^b   Kontto, Jukka ^b   Albanes, Demetrius ^c   Virtamo, Jarmo ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Diet; Folic acid; Methionine; Stroke; Vitamin B 12; Vitamin B 6

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE;

DIET; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

AGED; FINLAND; FOLIC ACID; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 42049086749     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm395     Document Type: Article

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