Echinacea, Vitamin C, the Common Cold, and Blinding
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Echinacea, vitamin C, the common cold, and blinding.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1086/432629