Criteria and recommendations for vitamin C intake

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 222-224

  Ausman, Lynne M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SHORT SURVEY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0032816846     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1999.tb06946.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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