A role for multivitamins in infection?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 430-431

  Fawzi, Wafaie ^a   Stampfer, Meir J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CELL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BIRTH DEFECT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MINERAL INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0037418555     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-5-200303040-00014     Document Type: Review

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