Total plasma homocysteine, folate, and vitamin B12 status in healthy Iranian adults: the Tehran homocysteine survey (2003-2004)/a cross-sectional population based study.

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Published in BMC Public Health on February 13, 2006

Authors

Hossein Fakhrzadeh1, Sara Ghotbi, Rasoul Pourebrahim, Masoumeh Nouri, Ramin Heshmat, Fatemeh Bandarian, Alireza Shafaee, Bagher Larijani

Author Affiliations

1: Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. emrc@sina.tums.ac.ir

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