Nutrition
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 530-533 , May 2011

Vitamin C provision improves mood in acutely hospitalized patients

  • Michelle Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University, and Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Sainte Catherine, Montreal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada
    • ,
  • Line Robitaille, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University, and Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Sainte Catherine, Montreal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada
    • ,
  • Shaun Eintracht, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Sainte Catherine, Montreal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada
    • ,
  • L. John Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University, and Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Sainte Catherine, Montreal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 514 340 8260; fax: +1 514 340 7502.

Received 4 December 2009 ,Accepted 26 May 2010.

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 This work was supported by the Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation, a grant from McGill University, and a medical student research bursary from the Faculty of Medicine, McGill University.

PII: S0899-9007(10)00174-7

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.05.016

Nutrition
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 530-533 , May 2011

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