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Vitamin C deficiency in a Northern Saskatchewan Population, Canada

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  • Jeffrey David Connor Irvine
  • Yoseph C Atreyu
  • Mary Carlson
  • Brian Quinn
  • James Irvine
  • Nnamdi Ndubuka

Abstract

Vitamin C deficiency, shaped by systemic inequities and disrupted food systems, remains a concern in remote Indigenous communities. In Northern Saskatchewan, clinicians observed increasing suspected scurvy among adults from geographically isolated First Nations communities. We conducted an exploratory retrospective review of adults who underwent clinician-initiated serum ascorbic acid testing at the La Ronge Medical Clinic from January 2011 to March 2024. Testing was based on clinical suspicion or perceived risk rather than population-based screening. Vitamin C deficiency was defined as

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  • Jeffrey David Connor Irvine & Yoseph C Atreyu & Mary Carlson & Brian Quinn & James Irvine & Nnamdi Ndubuka, 2026. "Vitamin C deficiency in a Northern Saskatchewan Population, Canada," PLOS Global Public Health, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(10), pages 1-11, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pgph00:0007464
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0007464
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