Vegetable and fruit consumption, education and plasma vitamin C concentration in Russian and Finnish Karelia, 1992–2002

• Published in: Public Health Nutrition
• Main Authors: Paalanen, Laura, Prättälä, Ritva, Alfthan, Georg, Salminen, Irma, Laatikainen, Tiina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2013
• Subjects: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Nutrition and Dietetics; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pitkäranta; karelia*; Republic of Karelia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980013002243; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1368980013002243

Abstract Objective To examine (i) whether the consumption of fresh vegetables, fruit and berries is associated with plasma vitamin C concentration and (ii) educational differences in plasma vitamin C concentration in two neighbouring areas in Russia and Finland. Design Cross-sectional risk factor su...