Does diabetes mellitus increase the requirement for Vitamin C?

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 193-202

  Will, Julie C ^a,c   Byers, Tim ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUCOSE; SORBITOL;

ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0029907097     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1996.tb03932.x     Document Type: Review

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