Ascorbic acid for the common cold. A prophylactic and therapeutic trial.

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• Publication year

  1975

• Venue

  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

• Publication date

  1975-03-10

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1001/JAMA.1975.03240220018013PMID 163386
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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