Upper safety limits for vitamins - Why have different authorities set different guidance?

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 271, Issue 7257, 2003, Pages 55-57

  Mason, Pamela ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOTIN; BORON; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MINERAL; MOLYBDENUM; NICOTINAMIDE; NICOTINIC ACID; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EUROPE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERVITAMINOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043095415     PISSN: 00316873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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