Plasma vitamin C levels in men and women from different ethnic backgrounds living in England

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 450-455

  Ness, Andrew R ^a   Cappuccio, Francesco P ^b   Atkinson, Richard W ^b   Khaw, Kay Tee ^c   Cook, Derek G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant; Cardiovascular risk; Coronary heart disease; Diet; Ethnicity; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

DIET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNICITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOSLEM; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AFRICA; ASCORBIC ACID; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIET; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032994660     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.3.450     Document Type: Article

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