The safety of St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) during breastfeeding

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 966-968

  Lee, Amy ^b   Minhas, Ravinder ^b   Matsuda, Noriko ^b   Lam, Michael ^b   Ito, Shinya ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK PRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0041510619     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v64n0818     Document Type: Article

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