Vitamin C provision improves mood in acutely hospitalized patients

Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 530-533

  Zhang, Michelle ^a   Robitaille, Line ^a   Eintracht, Shaun ^b   Hoffer, L John ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Malnutrition; Nutritional supplements; Scurvy; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFFECT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79953267184     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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