Folate and risk of coronary heart disease: A meta-analysis of prospective studies

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 890-899

  Wang, Z M ^a   Zhou, B ^b   Nie, Z L ^a   Gao, W ^a   Wang, Y S ^a   Zhao, H ^a   Zhu, J ^a   Yan, J J ^a   Yang, Z J ^a   Wang, L S ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Folate; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84866028257     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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