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Ascorbic acid supplementation : Its effects on body iron stores and white blood cells

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This study was designed to ascertain the effects of ascorbic acid supplementation on the body iron stores of young apparently healthy females using serum ferritin as a biochemical indicator.

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  1. Department of Community Health, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland

    H. E. Malone, J. P. Kevany, J. M. Scott, S. D. O’Broin & G. O’Connor

  2. Department of Haematology, Saint James’s Hospital, Dublin 8

    H. E. Malone, J. P. Kevany, J. M. Scott, S. D. O’Broin & G. O’Connor

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We are grateful to to the following : Professor James McCormick, Department of Community Health, University of Dublin, Trinity College; Mr. Liam Dunbar, Group Nursing Administrator; Miss Nuala Corcoran, Principal Nurse Tutor; Miss Ann Conlon, Mrs. Barbara Dunbar, Phlebotomists, and the student nurses of Saint James’s Hospital, Dublin. We would also like to thank Mr. John Lynch and Mr. Eugene Ryder of Rice Steele and Company, Manufacturing Chemists, Dublin. Also, McLernon Pharmaceutical Company, Dublin.

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Malone, H.E., Kevany, J.P., Scott, J.M. et al. Ascorbic acid supplementation : Its effects on body iron stores and white blood cells. I.J.M.S. 155, 74–79 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02940053

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