Serum folate is significantly correlated with plasma cysteine concentrations in healthy industry workers

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-73

  Mansoor, Mohammad Azam ^a   Hervig, Tor ^b   Stakkestad, Jacob Andreas ^c   Drabløs, Per Arne ^d   Apeland, Terje ^e   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^b,f,g   Bates, Chris J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c HAUGESUND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d STATOIL   (Norway)

^e STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health   (Norway)

^g Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^h MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Industry workers; Plasma cysteine; Plasma homocysteine; Serum folate; Serum triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTEINE BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIPID METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CYSTEINE; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952825583     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325537     Document Type: Article

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