Interventions for preventing or treating alcohol hangover: Systematic review of randomised controlled trials

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7531, 2005, Pages 1515-1517

  Pittler, Max H ^a   Verster, Joris C ^b   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO GLANDIN 25; BORAGO OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; CYNARA SCOLYMUS EXTRACT; FRUCTOSE; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; GLUCOSE; MORNING FIT; OPUNTIA EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE DERIVATIVE; THIAMINE MONONITRATE; TOLFENAMIC ACID; TROPISETRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA EXTRACTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HANGOVER; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; YEAST;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 29544431623     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1515     Document Type: Article

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