The leucocyte ascorbic acid levels of children in hospital.
One-third of a group of young children admitted to hospital had levels of ascorbic acid indicative of a deficiency state. The average haemoglobin of these children was 91g/1, and there was also evidence of iron deficiency.
D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000097:blood*; D001206:Ascorbic Acid Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand
D006454:Hemoglobins; D001205:Ascorbic Acid