ASCORBIC ACID PLASMA LEVELS AND GINGIVAL HEALTH IN PERSONNEL WINTERING OVER IN ANTARCTICA

• Main Authors: Perlitsh, Max J, Nielsen, Arne G, Stanmeyer, William R
• Other Authors: NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB NEW LONDON CT
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1961
• Subjects: Biochemistry; Medicine and Medical Research; Stress Physiology; *ASCORBIC ACID; *STRESS(PHYSIOLOGY); ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD PLASMA; DISEASES; HUMANS; MOUTH; TISSUES(BIOLOGY); Antarctic; Little America; Little America V; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0675649; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0675649

A report is presented of the dental research program conducted at Little America V, Antarctica, during the International Geophysical Year, 1957- 58. The program was initiated to study blood elements and their possible relationship to the etiology of cold-weather oral-health problems. The blood studi...