The effect of 90 day administration of a high dose vitamin B-complex on work stress

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 470-476

  Stough, Con ^a,b   Scholey, Andrew ^a,b   Lloyd, Jenny ^a   Spong, Jo ^a   Myers, Stephen ^b,c   Downey, Luke A ^a,b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

mood; occupational stress; RCT; stress; vitamin B

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOTIN; CALCIUM ASCORBATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CHOLINE BITARTRATE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; INOSITOL; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE; NICOTINAMIDE; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RELEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OAT; OCCUPATIONAL STRESS INVENTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLOW DRUG RELEASE; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 80755188928     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.1229     Document Type: Article

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