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Zinc for the treatment of the common cold: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Michelle Science, Jennie Johnstone, Daniel E. Roth, Gordon Guyatt and Mark Loeb
CMAJ July 10, 2012 184 (10) E551-E561; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111990
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Michelle Science, Jennie Johnstone, Daniel E. Roth, Gordon Guyatt, Mark Loeb
CMAJ Jul 2012, 184 (10) E551-E561; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.111990

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