An early "Atkins' Diet": RA Fisher analyses a medical "experiment".
A study on vitamin absorption which RA Fisher analysed for WRG Atkins and co-authored with him is critically examined. The historical background as well as correspondence between Atkins and Fisher is presented.
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Stephen
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Department of Statistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK. stephen@stats.gla.ac.uk
D000042:Absorption; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000266:history / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D015709:Correspondence as Topic / Q000266:history; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom
D001205:Ascorbic Acid