Folate and cardiovascular disease: One size does not fit all

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9791, 2011, Pages 544-546

  Rimm, Eric B ^a   Stampfer, Meir J ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALCOHOL; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 80051696421     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61057-X     Document Type: Note

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