What vitamins should I be taking, doctor?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 25, 2001, Pages 1819-1824

  Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Stampfer, Meir J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY;

CASE REPORT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NUTRITION POLICY; VITAMINS;

EID: 0035924289     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp010710     Document Type: Review

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