Report for: Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold

Title	Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
Published in	Cochrane database of systematic reviews, January 2013
DOI	10.1002/14651858.cd000980.pub4 2 comments on PubPeer (by: Beilschmiedia Yunnanensis PMC: Liz Dooley)
Pubmed ID	23440782
Authors	Harri Hemilä, Elizabeth Chalker
Abstract	Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) for preventing and treating the common cold has been a subject of controversy for 70 years.[show]

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Geographical breakdown

Country	Count	As %
Japan	121	9%
Saudi Arabia	86	7%
United States	55	4%
United Kingdom	48	4%
Spain	36	3%
Brazil	34	3%
Canada	20	2%
Netherlands	15	1%
Mexico	12	<1%
Other	191	15%
Unknown	685	53%

Demographic breakdown

Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	1185	91%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	57	4%
Scientists	44	3%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	14	1%
Unknown	3	<1%

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Geographical breakdown

Country	Count	As %
United Kingdom	4	<1%
Brazil	2	<1%
Peru	2	<1%
Finland	2	<1%
Netherlands	1	<1%
Paraguay	1	<1%
Czechia	1	<1%
Portugal	1	<1%
Egypt	1	<1%
Other	3	<1%
Unknown	1121	98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Student > Bachelor	226	20%
Student > Master	148	13%
Researcher	116	10%
Student > Ph. D. Student	75	7%
Other	73	6%
Other	218	19%
Unknown	283	25%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Medicine and Dentistry	302	27%
Nursing and Health Professions	119	10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	90	8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	72	6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science	61	5%
Other	182	16%
Unknown	313	27%

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Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold

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