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Vit C as effective as combinations of anti-oxidant nutrients in reducing symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection in ultramarathon runners

Year: 1996

Type: article

Abstract: The effect of anti-oxidant supplementation on the incidence of symptoms of upper-respiratory-tract infection (URTI) was determined during the fortnight following the 1993 Comrades Marathon (90km). Runners and sedentary matched controls were randomly divided into groups receiving 500mg Vit C.

Source: South African Journal of Sports Medicine

Authors: Theodore Peters, Goetzsche, Joseph Joseph, L.E. Noakes

Institutions: University of Cape Town, University of the Witwatersrand, Sports Science Institute of South Africa

Language: English

Topic: Exercise and Physiological Responses

Subfield: Physiology (medical)

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2794487796

FWCI: 0.669

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Cited by: 13

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