How did Vasco da Gama sail for 16 weeks without developing scurvy? [13]

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9367, 2003, Pages 1480-

  Martini, Eric ^a  

^a Biotem   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS FRUIT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LETTER; ORANGE (FRUIT); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCURVY; SURVIVAL; TRAVEL; HISTORY; MALE; MEDICINE; PORTUGAL;

CITRUS; EXPEDITIONS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; NAVAL MEDICINE; PORTUGAL; SCURVY;

EID: 0037467498     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13131-5     Document Type: Letter

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