Does vitamin C intake protect against lead toxicity?

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue 3 I, 2000, Pages 73-75

  Houston, Denise K ^a   Johnson, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; LEAD;

CELL PROTECTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; SHORT SURVEY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034096537     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2000.tb01842.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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