Dietary Supplement Use in a Pediatric Inpatient Population
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Dietary supplement use by adolescents.
OBJECTIVES To review the use, benefits and adverse effects of the main dietary supplements consumed by adolescents. SOURCES The literature review was performed using MEDLINE and LILACS databases (1997-2008). We analyzed 377 articles, and 52 of them were selected as references. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS Consumption of dietary supplements is widely spread among adolescents. This habit has often...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1551-6776
DOI: 10.5863/1551-6776-9.2.110