Smokeless tobacco use: A risk factor for hyperhomocysteinemia in a Pakistani population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Iqbal, Mohammad Perwaiz ^a   Yakub, Mohsin ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTOR; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CITIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; VITAMIN B 12; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893435731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083826     Document Type: Article

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