Rational dosages of nutrients have a prolonged effect on learning disabilities

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 85-91

  Carlton, Richard M ^e   Ente, Gerald ^a   Blum, Lila ^e   Heyman, Nadine ^b   Davis, William ^c   Ambrosino, Sal ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Devmtl Learning Programs for EAC   (United States)

^c MOLLOY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Fam Serv Assoc of Long Island   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CHELATE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LINOLEIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MINERAL; NICOTINAMIDE; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE; TYROSINE; UBIDECARENONE; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZINC;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LEARNING TEST; MALE; NUTRIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033948520     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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