Demographic, lifestyle, and health characteristics and serum B vitamin status are determinants of plasma total homocysteine concentration in the post-folic acid fortification period, 1999-2004

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-352

  Ganji, Vijay ^a   Kafai, Mohammad R ^b  

^a Sci and Technol   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; COTININE; CREATININE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MINERAL; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; NUTRITION;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 60249097214     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.092726     Document Type: Article

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