Do food additives cause hyperactivity in preschool children?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 450-

  Kurdyak, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE;

ATOPY; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROVOCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 4444305192     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1041187     Document Type: Note

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