Vitamin use among children attending a Canadian pediatric emergency department

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-137

  Goldman, Ran D ^a   Vohra, Sunita ^b   Rogovik, Alexander L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Emergency department; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; MULTIVITAMIN; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; VITAMINS;

EID: 78650943665     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2010.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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