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Vitamin C

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Nutrition and the Adult

Part of the book series: Human Nutrition ((HUNU,volume 3B))

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For the average person, vitamin C holds a strange fascination. Perhaps this results from its several unusual features.

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    Robert Edgar Hodges

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    David Kritchevsky

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Hodges, R.E. (1980). Vitamin C. In: Alfin-Slater, R.B., Kritchevsky, D. (eds) Nutrition and the Adult. Human Nutrition, vol 3B. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7216-9_2

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