Food for thought: Health benefits of selected vitamins

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 51, Issue JULY, 2005, Pages 965-968

  Ryan Harshman, Milly ^a   Aldoori, Walid ^b  

^a FEAST Enterprises   (Canada)

^b Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOTIN; CHOLINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; NICOTINIC ACID; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; VITAMINS;

EID: 22544468797     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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