The effect of folate fortified bread on homocysteine, folate and vitamin B12 status among hyperhomocysteinemic subjects: Tehran homocysteine study

Iranian Journal of Diabetes and Lipid Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Mirarefin, Mojdeh ^a,c   Aminpour, Azadeh ^a   Fakhrzadeh, Hossein ^b   Tahbaz, Farideh ^a   Abadi, Alireza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Elderly; Folate; Fortified bread; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIET; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 48249084935     PISSN: 17267544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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