PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - P C Elwood
AU  - H P Lee
AU  - A S St Leger
AU  - M Baird
AU  - A N Howard
TI  - A randomized controlled trial of vitamin C in the prevention and amelioration of the common cold.
AID  - 10.1136/jech.30.3.193
DP  - 1976 Sep 01
TA  - British Journal of Preventive & Social Medicine
PG  - 193--196
VI  - 30
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jech.bmj.com/content/30/3/193.short
4100  - http://jech.bmj.com/content/30/3/193.full
SO  - Br J Prev Soc Med1976 Sep 01; 30
AB  - A randomized controlled trial of the effect of 1 g ascorbic acid per day in the prevention of the common cold was conducted on 688 adult women. There is evidence of a small reduction by vitamin C in the mean number of chest colds, but no evidence of any effect on simple colds. The existence of a subgroup of vulnerable women in the community who benefit from vitamin C was considered but further examination of the data gives no support to this conclusion.