Vitamin C supplementation and the common cold - Was Linus Pauling right or wrong?

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 329-335

  Hemilä, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Children; Controlled trials; Upper respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ASCORBIC ACID; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMMON COLD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030760597     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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