Alternative and controversial treatments for attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 977-992

  Baumgaertel, A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTAME; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PYRIDOXINE; SUGAR; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN; ZINC;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMORBIDITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HERB; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; NUTRITION; REVIEW; VISION; YEAST;

EID: 0032833723     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3955(05)70167-X     Document Type: Article

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