Multivitamin/Mineral Supplementation Does Not Affect Standardized Assessment of Academic Performance in Elementary School Children

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1089-1093

  Perlman, Adam I ^a   Worobey, John ^a   O'Sullivan Maillet, Julie ^a   Touger Decker, Riva ^a   Hom, David L ^a   Smith, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINERALS; NEW JERSEY; VITAMINS;

EID: 77953630645     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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