Concentrations of ascorbic acid in the plasma of pregnant smokers and nonsmokers and their newborns

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-198

  Madruga De Oliveira, Andréia ^a,b   De Carvalho Rondó, Patricia Helen ^a   De Moraes Barros, Silvia Berlanga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Ascorbic acid; Newborn babies; Pregnant women; Smoker; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 3142682214     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.74.3.193     Document Type: Article

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