Multivitamin prophylaxis and therapy in respiratory diseases of the aged

Conclusions

• 1. Vitamin deficiency in the aged is more frequent than is generally supposed.

• 2. Vitamin deficiency is among the factors which play an important part in the susceptibility of the aged to respiratory infections.

• 3. Adequate amounts of vitamins afford marked prophylactic benefits, and multivitamin therapy, besides having general beneficial effects upon the aged, provides a useful weapon in our fight to prevent respiratory infections in the old people.