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In what year was Christiaan Eijkman awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery relating to vitamins?
Answer
1929
Eijkman received the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Frederick Gowland Hopkins, for his work linking a polished-rice diet to beriberi and revealing the existence of vitamins.
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Christiaan Eijkman discovered vitamins by accidentally observing chickens fed polished rice developed beriberi, revealing nutritional deficiency disease.
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- 1901
- 1919
- 1945
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- medicine
- vitamins
- 1920s
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