Open AccessEstimated prevalence and predictors of vitamin C deficiency within UK's low-income population
Author(s) -
Annhild Mosdøl,
Bob Erens,
Eric J. Brunner
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdn076
Subject(s) - epidemiology , environmental health , medicine , population , public health , low income , demography , socioeconomics , economics , sociology , nursing
Recent case reports of scurvy indicate that vitamin C deficiency may be more prevalent that generally assumed. The Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey (2003-05) of a representative sample of the low-income/materially deprived UK population included a plasma vitamin C measurement.
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