New reference values for Vitamin C intake

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-20

  Bechthold, Angela ^a  

^a German Nutrition Society   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Dietary intake; Reference value; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; VITAMIN;

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; COMMON COLD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LACTATION; LYMPHOCYTE; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MONOCYTE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEUTROPHIL; PLASMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SCURVY; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URINARY EXCRETION; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRIA; CHILD; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEMALE; GERMANY; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDS; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SWITZERLAND; VITAMINS;

EID: 84939772589     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000434757     Document Type: Review

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