title: [Apropos homocysteine measurement in primary health care: validation of new methods is important].
abstract: The measurement of plasma homocysteine concentrations may be important both in health care and preventive medicine, provided that it is applied correctly, and that blood sampling, transport, and assays are state-of-the art procedures.
authors.affiliation: Avdelningen för klinisk kemi och transfusionsmedicin, Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset, Göteborg.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lindstedt
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Jakobsson
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lundberg
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006710:Homocysteine