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T1  - Vitamin C and plasma cholesterol 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/321504 
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A1  - Hemilä, Harri 
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Y1  - 1992 
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AB  - There has been a long-lasting controversy about whether vitamin C has any significant effect on plasma cholesterol levels in human beings. Some early Russian studies suggested that vitamin C may decrease elevated cholesterol levels, and so the vitamin was used to some extent in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia (for review see Reference 1). However, the studies were not well controlled, and duplications have yielded conflicting results. Nevertheless, animal studies have consistently found th... 
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KW  - ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEINS; TRIGLYCERIDES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ASCORBIC-ACID DEFICIENCY; CORONARY HEART-DISEASE; LOW-DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN; FACTOR INTERVENTION TRIAL; A REDUCTASE-ACTIVITY; HUMAN-BLOOD PLASMA; GUINEA-PIG LIVER; SERUM-CHOLESTEROL; HDL-CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY-CHOLESTEROL; 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health 
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