Be well: A potential role for vitamin B in COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Department of Food, Nutrition and Health, College of Food and Agriculture, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates.
² Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Medicine, Western Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Department of Food, Nutrition and Health, College of Food and Agriculture, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates; Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁶ Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: vasso.apostolopoulos@vu.edu.au.

Editorial

Hira Shakoor et al. Maturitas. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb:144:108-111.

doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2020.08.007. Epub 2020 Aug 15.

¹ Department of Food, Nutrition and Health, College of Food and Agriculture, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates.
² Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Medicine, Western Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Department of Food, Nutrition and Health, College of Food and Agriculture, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates; Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁶ Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: vasso.apostolopoulos@vu.edu.au.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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