Energy drinks: Health risks and toxicity

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-49

  Gunja, Naren ^a,b   Brown, Jared A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHILD; DIZZINESS; ENERGY DRINK; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGESTION; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARESTHESIA; POISON CENTER; RECREATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESTLESSNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; TREMOR; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; ENERGY DRINKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TASMANIA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863229588     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.10838     Document Type: Article

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