Too much of a good thing? Toxic effects of vitamin and mineral supplements

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-48

  Wooltorton, Eric ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; NICOTINAMIDE; NICOTINIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; STATINE; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D;

ARTHRALGIA; ATAXIA; COPPER METABOLISM; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAIR DISEASE; HEADACHE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG CANCER; NAIL DISEASE; NAUSEA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PROPHYLAXIS; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; TERATOGENICITY; VASODILATATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING;

EID: 0041591511     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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