Vitamin C: What do we know and how much do we need?

Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 835-836

  Sahyoun, Nadine R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; FREE RADICAL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SCAVENGER;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FRUIT; HUMAN; MOUTH CANCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCURVY; STOMACH CANCER; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0030779835     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(97)00252-9     Document Type: Article

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