Metal content in ayurvedic medicines: Reply

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 272-

  Saper, Robert B ^a   Kales, Stefanos N ^b   Thuppil, Venkatesh ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

AYURVEDA; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; LACTATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 58849128254     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.1006     Document Type: Letter

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