Personal paper: Validity of advertising claims for multivitamin preparation Vitacor 20/90 on the internet

British Medical Journal

Volumn 317, Issue 7165, 1998, Pages 1069-1071

  Tröger, Uwe ^a   Meyer, Frank P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

^b Department of Clinical Pharmacology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; MULTIVITAMIN; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITACOR 20 90; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGED; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG MARKETING; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION PREVENTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADVERTISING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VITAMINS;

EID: 0032541793     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7165.1069     Document Type: Short Survey

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