Global Vitamin C Status and Prevalence of Deficiency: A Cause for Concern?

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Global Vitamin C Status and Prevalence of Deficiency: A Cause for Concern?

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Vitamin C is an essential nutrient that must be obtained through the diet in adequate amounts to prevent hypovitaminosis C, deficiency and its consequences-including the potentially fatal deficiency disease scurvy. Global vitamin C status and prevalence of deficiency has not previously been reported, despite vitamin C's pleiotropic roles in both non-communicable and communicable disease. This review highlights the global literature on vitamin C status and the prevalence of hypovitaminosis C a...

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2020-07-06

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Rowe, Sam / Carr, Anitra C

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/37779

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Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged, 80 and over / Ascorbic Acid - blood / Ascorbic Acid Deficiency - epidemiology / Child / Child, Preschool / Developed Countries / Developing Countries / Diet - statistics & numerical data / Female / Humans / Infant / Infant, Newborn / Male / Middle Aged / Pregnancy / Prevalence / Risk Factors / Young Adult

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