Children and natural health products: What a clinician should know;Les enfants et les produits de santé naturels: Ce que le clinicien devrait savoir

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Vohra, S ^a   Clifford, T ^a  

^a CANADIAN PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MAGNESIUM; NATURAL PRODUCT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; RETINOL; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZINC;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NORTH AMERICA; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 18944384226     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/10.4.227     Document Type: Review

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