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Is there clinical evidence supporting the use of botanical dietary supplements in children?

Received 12 April 2004 ,Revised 17 August 2004 ,Accepted 4 October 2004.

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 This review was funded by NIH grant P50 AT00155 jointly provided to the UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements Research by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the Office of Dietary Supplements, the National Institute for General Medical Sciences, the Office for Research on Women's Health.The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.10.018

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