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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Vitamin C Deficiency in North and South India: A Two Centre Population Based Study in People Aged 60 Years and Over
BACKGROUND: Studies from the UK and North America have reported vitamin C deficiency in around 1 in 5 men and 1 in 9 women in low income groups. There are few data on vitamin C deficiency in resource poor countries. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of vitamin C deficiency in India. DESIGN:...
Autores principales: | Ravindran, Ravilla D., Vashist, Praveen, K. Gupta, Sanjeev, S. Young, Ian, Maraini, Giovanni, Camparini, Monica, Jayanthi, R., John, Neena, Fitzpatrick, Kathryn E., Chakravarthy, Usha, Ravilla, Thulasiraj D., Fletcher, Astrid E. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3232233/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22163038 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028588 |
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