%0 Journal Article %T Linus Pauling: por que Vitamina C? %A Ferreira Ricardo %J Qu¨Şmica Nova %D 2004 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨Şmica %X The overwhelming interest shown by Pauling in the last twenty years of his life on the use of daily megadoses of Vitamin C for the maintenance of good-health is explained by a psyco-analytic approach, on the basis of documented stages of his life, from early boyhood to senior citizen. %K Pauling %K vitamin C %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422004000200032