Patterns and perceptions of supplement use by U.S. Marines deployed to Afghanistan.
Dietary supplements are implicated in an increasing number of minor and serious adverse events, including death. A series of adverse events in deployed Marines using multiple supplements prompted medical officers to investigate the prevalence of supplement use among Marines stationed on Camp Leather...
| Publicado en: | Military Medicine Vol. 178; no. 6; pp. 659 - 665 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jun2013
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