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SCREENING ASCORBIC‐ACID DEFICIENCY BY A LINGUAL TEST
Author(s) -
Kien Lung Jien,
McDermott F. T.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1972.tb47386.x
Subject(s) - ascorbic acid , medicine , ascorbic acid deficiency , test (biology) , physiology , chemistry , food science , biology , paleontology
The value of the lingual ascorbic acid test as an Index of ascorbic‐acid deficiency is supported by the finding of a very significant negative correlation with fasting plasma ascorbic‐acid levels. Because of technical simplicity, it is well suited for use as a screening test. Assessment of ascorbic‐acid status in groups of hospital patients, Inmates of a home for the aged, and young, healthy volunteers by the lingual ascorbic‐acid test has shown that a deficiency is more common in older people, but apparently less prevalent in Australia than in Britain.