Serum vitamin C concentrations and diabetes: Findings from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-52

  Will, Julie C ^a   Ford, Earl S ^b   Bowman, Barbara A ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Blood chemical analysis; Diabetes mellitus; Diet surveys; Epidemiology; NHANES III; Oral glucose tolerance test; Population; Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0032872586     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/70.1.49     Document Type: Article

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