Herb and vitamin supplementation use among a general ophthalmology practice population

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 522-529

  West, Adrienne L ^a   Fetters, Michael D ^b   Hemmila, Mark R ^a   Gorenflo, Daniel W ^b   Kiyota, Ayano ^b   Moroi Fetters, Sayoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 15044363486     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.10.043     Document Type: Article

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