The effect of ascorbic acid supplementation on the nicotine metabolism of smokers

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages 451-454

  Dawson, Earl B ^a   Evans, Douglas R ^a   Harris, William A ^a   McGanity, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Nicotine metabolite excretion; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; URINARY EXCRETION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

EID: 0033392039     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0583     Document Type: Article

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