Plasma concentrations of ascorbic acid in parturients from a hospital in Southeast Brazil

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-232

  Madruga de Oliveira, Andréia ^a   Rondó, Patrícia Helen C ^a   Mastroeni, Silmara Silva ^a   Oliveira, Julicristie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Ascorbic acid deficiency; Income; Marital status; Parturient

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BRAZIL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BRAZIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MARITAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMINS;

EID: 41549099164     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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