Intravenous vitamin C administration reduces fatigue in office workers: A double-blind randomized controlled trial

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Suh, Sang Yeon ^a,b   Bae, Woo ^c   Ahn, Hong Yup ^b   Choi, Sung Eun ^d   Jung, Gyou Chul ^e   Yeom, Chang ^f  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Hana Primary Care Clinic   (South Korea)

^f Yeom Primary Care Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

fatigue; office workers; vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; PLACEBO; ANTIOXIDANT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD SYMPTOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFICE WORKER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; XEROSTOMIA; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACEBOS; VITAMINS;

EID: 84856011710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-7     Document Type: Article

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