Polyunsaturated fatty acids in serum and homocysteine concentrations in Japanese men and women: A cross-sectional study

Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kume, Ayami ^a   Kurotani, Kayo ^a   Sato, Masao ^b   Ejima, Yuko ^b   Pham, Ngoc Minh ^a   Nanri, Akiko ^a   Kuwahara, Keisuke ^a   Mizoue, Tetsuya ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol ester; Cross sectional studies; Docosahexaenoic acid; Fatty acids; Homocysteine; Phospholipids; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84878743644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17437075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-7075-10-41     Document Type: Article

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