Published January 1, 1961 | Version v1
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Critical evaluation of vitamin C as a prophylactic and therapeutic agent in colds

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  • 1. University of Helsinki, Finland

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The English translation of this German paper was arranged because the paper reports a randomized placebo-controlled trial on vitamin C and the common cold.

Title in German: "Kritische Beurteilung des Vitamins C als Prophylacticum und Therapeuticum der Erkältungskrankheiten"

PubMed record: pubmed/13741912

The benefit of vitamin C in the Ritzel (1961) trial may be explained by heavy acute physical stress:
doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-972864
hdl.handle.net/10138/225881
doi.org/10.7205/MILMED.169.11.920
hdl.handle.net/10138/225864

Ritzel's biography
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7965598

 

 

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