Vitamin C deficiency and scurvy on rise - Herald Sun

Vitamin C deficiency and scurvy on rise  Herald Sun

A serious disease we associate with sailors on long voyages hundreds of years ago is making people sick in modern-day Australia. The disease is called scurvy.



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