Preventing the common cold with a vitamin C supplement: A double-blind, placebo-controlled survey

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 151-159

  Van Straten, Michael ^a   Josling, Peter ^a  

^a Herbal Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common cold; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ASCORBIC ACID; COMMON COLD; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THREONINE;

EID: 0036563254     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02850271     Document Type: Article

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