Vitamin C Pharmacokinetics: Implications for Oral and Intravenous Use

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Padayatty, Sebastian J ^b   Sun, He ^b   Wang, Yaohui ^b   Riordan, Hugh D ^b   Hewitt, Stephen M ^b   Katz, Arie ^b   Wesley, Robert A ^b   Levine, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 1842435160     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-140-7-200404060-00010     Document Type: Article

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