Traditional remedies and food supplements. A 5-year toxicological study (1991-1995)

Drug Safety

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 342-356

  Shaw, Debbie ^a   Leon, Christine ^a   Kolev, Stoyko ^a   Murray, Virginia ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AYURVEDIC DRUG; COPPER; FISH OIL; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; MINERAL; NATURAL PRODUCT; PRIMROSE OIL; PROPOLIS; ROYAL JELLY; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHINESE HERB; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; FUCUS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; THYROTOXICOSIS; TOXICOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; YEAST;

EID: 0030700627     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002018-199717050-00006     Document Type: Article

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