Four food-frequency categories of fruit intake as a predictor of plasma ascorbic acid level in middle-aged Japanese men

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 378-383

  Tsugane, Shoichiro ^a   Fahey, Michael T ^a   Kobayashi, Minatsu ^a,b   Sasaki, Satoshi ^a   Tsubono, Yoshitaka ^a   Akabane, Masayuki ^c   Gey, Fred ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascorbic Acid; Cooking Method; Cross Sectional Study; Diet; Fruits; Smoking; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASCORBIC ACID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FRUIT; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 0032146229     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(98)00005-2     Document Type: Article

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