Americans' Use of Dietary Supplements That Are Potentially Harmful in CKD
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Americans' use of dietary supplements that are potentially harmful in CKD.
BACKGROUND The prevalence in the United States of dietary supplement use that may be harmful to those with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is unknown. We sought to characterize potentially harmful supplement use by individual CKD status. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional national survey (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2008). SETTING & PARTICIPANTS Community-based survey of 2...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Kidney Diseases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0272-6386
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.12.018