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. 2016 Feb;109(2):46.
doi: 10.1177/0141076815606279.

Thomas Chalmers, vitamin C and the common cold

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Thomas Chalmers, vitamin C and the common cold

Harri Hemilä. J R Soc Med. 2016 Feb.
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