Dietary supplement use in children: Concerns of efficacy and safety

American Family Physician

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1068-1071

  Gardiner, Paula ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Landmark Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CHAMOMILE; CREATINE; FISH OIL; GINGER EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HEAVY METAL; HERBICIDE; IRON; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PEPPERMINT; PESTICIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ZINC;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CANCER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHINACEA; EDITORIAL; ENTERITIS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GARLIC; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GINGER; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYDRASTIS; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 15444374595     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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