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Article: Serum vitamin C levels and use of health care resources for wheezing episodes.
- Article from:
- Alternative Medicine Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 2000
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Serum vitamin C levels and use of health care resources for wheezing episodes. Mainous AG 3rd, Hueston WJ, Connor MK. Arch Fam Med 2000;9:241-245.
BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests that the antioxidant vitamin C may play a role in lung function and wheezing, although the data are limited to laboratory evaluation of pulmonary function.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship among serum vitamin C levels, wheezing episodes, and use of health care services.
METHODS: Analysis of adult subjects (aged [is greater than] or = 17 years) surveyed in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994) (n = 19,760), including measurements of ...