Deficiency of vitamin C in South Asia

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-355

  Khan, Rabia Mahmood ^a   Iqbal, M Perwaiz ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Deficiency of vitamin C; India; L Ascorbic acid; Pakistan; South Asians

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; HAPTOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRUIT; GENDER; GRAPEFRUIT; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEXICO; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; ORANGE (FRUIT); PAKISTAN; PARASITOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RACE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SOUTH ASIA; STRAWBERRY; THAILAND;

EID: 33748758226     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: 1682024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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