Pushing the envelope of nutrition support: Complementary therapies

Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 236-239

  Bloch, Abby S ^a  

^a Nutrition Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; ENZYME; ESSENTIAL OIL; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; LAETRILE; LAPACHOL; MELATONIN; PYCNOGENOL; RETINOL; SAPONIN; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT; VITAMIN; ZINC;

DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GARLIC; GINSENG; HERB; MACROBIOTIC DIET; MUSHROOM; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TEA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0034002209     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(99)00275-0     Document Type: Note

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