Folate status of Ghanaian populations in London and Accra

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-444

  Owusu, Matilda ^a   Thomas, Jane ^a   Wiredu, Edwin ^b   Pufulete, Maria ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Folate; Ghana; Homocysteine; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE (NAD);

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GHANA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MIGRATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; DIET RESTRICTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETICS; GUINEA; INCIDENCE; METABOLISM; NEGRO; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; STATISTICS; STROKE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ERYTHROCYTES; FASTING; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GHANA; GUINEA; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE (NAD+); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SMOKING; STROKE; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 77449122429     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509991838     Document Type: Article

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