Adverse events associated with dietary supplements: An observational study

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9352, 2003, Pages 101-106

  Palmer, Mary E ^a   Haller, Christine ^l   McKinney, Patrick E ^b   Klein Schwartz, Wendy ^c   Tschirgi, Anne ^d   Smolinske, Susan C ^e   Woolf, Alan ^f   Sprague, Bruce M ^g   Ko, Richard ^h   Everson, Gary ^l   Nelson, Lewis S ⁱ   Dodd Butera, Teresa ^l   Bartlett, W Dana ^j   Landzberg, Brian R ^k  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^d National Capital Poison Center   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Poison Control Center   (United States)

^k WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^l NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DEATH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; HAZARD; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INGESTION; LIVER FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEIZURE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037431760     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12227-1     Document Type: Article

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