Lessons learned from attempts to establish the blind in placebo-controlled trials of zinc for the common cold

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Desbiens, NA [1 ]
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[1] Univ Tennessee, Coll Med, Chattanooga Unit, Chattanooga, TN 37403 USA
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10.7326/0003-4819-133-4-200008150-00016
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