Prevalence and Risk Factors for Vitamin C Deficiency in North and South India: A Two Centre Population Based Study in People Aged 60 Years and Over

Ravilla D. Ravindran; Praveen Vashist; Sanjeev K. Gupta; Ian S. Young; Giovanni Maraini; Monica Camparini; R. Jayanthi; Neena John; Kathryn E. Fitzpatrick; Usha Chakravarthy; Thulasiraj D. Ravilla; Astrid E. Fletcher

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028588

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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Vitamin C Deficiency in North and South India: A Two Centre Population Based Study in People Aged 60 Years and Over

Ravilla D. Ravindran,

Affiliation Aravind Eye Hospital Pondicherry, Pondicherry, India
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Praveen Vashist,

Affiliation Dr. Rajendra Prasad Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Sanjeev K. Gupta,

Affiliation Dr. Rajendra Prasad Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Ian S. Young,

Affiliation Centre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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Giovanni Maraini,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Otorino-Odonto-Oftalmologiche e Cervico Facciali, Sezione di Oftalmologia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy
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Monica Camparini,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Otorino-Odonto-Oftalmologiche e Cervico Facciali, Sezione di Oftalmologia, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy
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R. Jayanthi,

Affiliation Aravind Eye Hospital Pondicherry, Pondicherry, India
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Neena John,

Affiliation Dr. Rajendra Prasad Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Kathryn E. Fitzpatrick,

Affiliation Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Usha Chakravarthy,

Affiliation Centre for Vision and Vascular Science, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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Thulasiraj D. Ravilla,

Affiliation Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology, Madurai, India
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Astrid E. Fletcher

* E-mail: astrid.fletcher@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Vitamin C Deficiency in North and South India: A Two Centre Population Based Study in People Aged 60 Years and Over

Ravilla D. Ravindran,
Praveen Vashist,
Sanjeev K. Gupta,
Ian S. Young,
Giovanni Maraini,
Monica Camparini,
R. Jayanthi,
Neena John,
Kathryn E. Fitzpatrick,
Usha Chakravarthy

Published: December 6, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028588

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