Reconsidering the effects of monosodium glutamate: A literature review

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 482-486

  Freeman, Matthew ^a,b  

^a OhioHealth   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food allergy; Headache; Monosodium glutamate

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE; GLUTAMATE SODIUM;

ASTHMA; CATERING SERVICE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIGRAINE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

ASTHMA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOOD ADDITIVES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PATIENT EDUCATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESTAURANTS; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM GLUTAMATE; SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 34247644714     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2006.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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