Vitamin C as a Possible Therapy for COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. harri.hemila@helsinki.fi.
² School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Comment

Harri Hemilä et al. Infect Chemother. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;52(2):222-223.

doi: 10.3947/ic.2020.52.2.222. Epub 2020 May 15.

¹ Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. harri.hemila@helsinki.fi.
² School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

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