Vitamin C in health and disease

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 001-013

  Bsoul, Samer A ^a   Terezhalmy, Geza T ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily allowance; Infections; Oral health; Systemic diseases; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; RETINOL; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D; ANTIOXIDANT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMON COLD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTIN; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FRACTURE HEALING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; GROWTH RATE; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LACTATION; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PROTECTION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCURVY; SMOKING; VIRUS INFECTION; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; BONE REGENERATION; CHONDROGENESIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BONE REGENERATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHONDROGENESIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; NUTRITION POLICY; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PREGNANCY; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 4944250308     PISSN: 15263711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jcdp-5-2-1     Document Type: Article

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