Cognitive and mood effects in healthy children during 12 weeks' supplementation with multi-vitamin/minerals

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1086-1096

  Haskell, Crystal F ^a   Scholey, Andrew B ^b   Jackson, Philippa A ^a   Elliott, Jade M ^a   Defeyter, Margaret A ^a   Greer, Joanna ^a   Robertson, Bernadette C ^a   Buchanan, Tom ^c   Tiplady, Brian ^a   Kennedy, David O ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Children; Cognitive performance; Internet; Minerals; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOTIN; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CARBONIC ACID; COLECALCIFEROL; CUPRIC CARBONATE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; FOLIC ACID; LYSINE; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MULTIVITAMIN PLUS MINERAL; NICOTINAMIDE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHARMATON KIDDI; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE MONONITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN; ZINC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEMORY; MINERALS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VITAMINS;

EID: 53649085254     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508959213     Document Type: Article

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