Regular vitamin c supplementation during pregnancy reduces hospitalization: outcomes of a Ugandan rural cohort study
BACKGROUND: Vitamin C or ascorbic acid is a hydro-soluble lactone (synthesized from glucose) essential to human body and available from diet. Despite its broad availability in fruits and vegetables, in many developing countries the incidence of clinical symptoms due to the vitamin deficiency is stil...
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The Pan African Medical Journal
2010-05-01
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| Series: | The Pan African Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/5/15/pdf/15.pdf |