Abstract
INTERNATIONAL standards for certain vitamins have been in existence since 1931. The experience of the last few years has shown that while they have been accepted readily throughout the world, a number of workers have either failed to make proper use of them or have not interpreted the results correctly. The errors are of commission as well as omission, and a rooted dislike and fear of the mathematical unknown lying beyond a simple average—usually drawn from too few animals—seems to be the most common sin.
The Biological Standardisation of the Vitamins
By Dr. Katharine H. Coward. Pp. viii + 227 + 7 plates. (London: Bailliè, Tindall and Cox, 1938.) 12s. 6d.
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KON, S., WHITE, P. The Biological Standardisation of the Vitamins. Nature 142, 372–373 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142372a0
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