Vitamin C and hyperglycemia in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer - Norfolk (EPIC-Norfolk) study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 726-732

  Sargeant, Lincoln A ^a,b   Wareham, Nicholas J ^a   Bingham, Sheila ^a   Day, Nicholas E ^a   Luben, Robert N ^a   Oakes, Suzy ^a   Welch, Ailsa ^a   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF REPORT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034131346     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.23.6.726     Document Type: Article

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