Emerging issues in vitamin K research

Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-79

  Truong, Jennifer T ^a   Booth, Sarah L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Coagulation; Menadione; Menaquinones; Phylloquinone; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957933510     PISSN: 21565872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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