Are the amounts of vitamins in commercially available dietary supplement formulations relevant for the management of psychiatric disorders in children?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 1392, 2014, Pages 73-85

  Rucklidge, Julia J ^a   Harris, Amy ^a   Shaw, Ian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; NICOTINAMIDE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D;

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PHARMACEUTICAL EQUIVALENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CHILD; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NEW ZEALAND; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84903884124     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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