Multivitamin use and mortality risk in 3 prospective US cohorts

JAMA Network Open

2024-06-26

(Press-News.org) About The Study: Multivitamin use was not associated with a mortality benefit in this cohort study of U.S. adults. Still, many adults report using multivitamins to maintain or improve health.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Erikka Loftfield, Ph.D., M.P.H., email erikka.loftfield@nih.gov.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.18729)

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