TY - T1 - Vitamin C Supplementation and Common Cold Symptoms: problems with inaccurate reviews. SN - / UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0899-9007(96)00223-7; http://hdl.handle.net/10250/7979 T3 - A1 - Hemilä, Harri A2 - PB - Y1 - 2009 LA - en AB - In 1971, Linus Pauling carried out a meta-analysis of four placebo-controlled trials and concluded that it was highly unlikely that the decrease in the "integrated morbidity of the common cold" in vitamin C groups was caused by chance alone (P < 0.00003). Studies carried out since then have consistently found that vitamin C (> or = 1 g/d) alleviates common cold symptoms, indicating that the vitamin does indeed have physiologic effects on colds. However, widespread conviction that the vitamin has... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - N1 - PP - ER -