Attitudes towards and use of dietary supplementation in a sample of postmenopausal women

Climacteric

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 374-382

  Albertazzi, P ^a   Steel, S A ^b   Clifford, E ^b   Bottazzi, M ^b  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Benefit and safety; Concomitant medications; Menopause; Nutraceuticals; Supplement use

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; COD LIVER OIL; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLUCOSAMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; PRIMROSE OIL; SELENIUM; VITAMIN; ZINC;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHINACEA; FEMALE; GARLIC; GINKGO BILOBA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIDE EFFECT; SMOKING;

EID: 0036967790     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/cmt.5.4.374.382     Document Type: Article

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