Food additives and hyperactivity

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7654, 2008, Pages 1144-

  Kemp, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; FOOD ADDITIVE; FOOD DYE; FOOD PRESERVATIVE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIET; EDITORIAL; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; HYPERKINESIA; NOTE;

CHILD; DIET; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS;

EID: 44449126267     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39582.375336.BE     Document Type: Editorial

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