Vegetable and fruit consumption, education and plasma vitamin C concentration in Russian and Finnish Karelia, 1992-2002

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2278-2286

  Paalanen, Laura ^a   Prättälä, Ritva ^a   Alfthan, Georg ^a   Salminen, Irma ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Hospital District of North Karelia   (Finland)

Author keywords

Education; Finland vegetables; Russia; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84910679592     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013002243     Document Type: Article

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