Vitamin and mineral supplement use by healthy teenagers in Korea: Motivating factors and dietary consequences

Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 373-380

  Kim, Sun H ^a,b   Han, Ji H ^a,b   Keen, Carl L ^a,b  

^a Kongju National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mineral supplements; Nutrient intakes; Recommended dietary allowances; Teenagers; Tolerable upper intake levels; Vitamin supplements

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; IRON; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; MOTIVATION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MINERALS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMINS;

EID: 0035016559     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(00)00582-7     Document Type: Article

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