TY - T1 - Vitamin C supplementation and common cold symptoms: Problems with inaccurate reviews SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/225877 T3 - A1 - Hemilä, Harri A2 - PB - Y1 - 1996 LA - eng 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 - ascorbic acid; common cold; upper respiratory infections; rhinovirus; clinical trials; therapy; ASCORBIC-ACID; PROPHYLAXIS; SCHOOLCHILDREN; CHOLESTEROL; EFFICACY; ILLNESS; NEED; 314 Health sciences N1 - PP - ER -