Micronutrient deficiencies, vitamin pills and nutritional supplements

Medicine (United Kingdom)

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 66-72

  Combet, Emilie ^a   Buckton, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; deficiency; evidence; micronutrients; recommendations; supplementation

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOFLAVONOID; BIOTIN; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; COBALAMIN; ERGOCALCIFEROL; FOLIC ACID; HESPERIDIN; MENAQUINONE; NICOTINAMIDE; NICOTINIC ACID; ORNITHINE; OROTIC ACID; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHYTOMENADIONE; POLYPHENOL; PYRIDOXAL; PYRIDOXAMINE; PYRIDOXINE; QUERCETIN; RIBOFLAVIN; RUTOSIDE; STEROL; THIAMINE; TOCOPHEROL; TRACE ELEMENT; UBIQUINONE; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84923106757     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: 13654357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2014.11.002     Document Type: Review

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