Recommended dietary allowance for vitamin C in the United States is also applicable to a population of young Japanese women

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 305-308

  Ihara, Hiroshi ^a   Shino, Yoshio ^a   Hashizume, Naotaka ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Recommended dietary allowance (RDA); ROC analysis; Serum ascorbic acid; Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE OXIDASE; ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; NUTRITION POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9644272455     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20043     Document Type: Article

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