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Kava - References

Citations

  1. Wong AHC, et al. (2000). Herbal remedies in psychiatric practice. In PB Fontanarosa, ed., Alternative Medicine: An Objective Assessment, pp. 386–401. Chicago: American Medical Association.

  2. Brown RP, Gerbarg PL (2000). Integrative psychopharmacology: A practical approach to herbs and nutrients in psychiatry. In PR Muskin, ed., Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Psychiatry (Review of Psychiatry Series), vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 1–66. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

  3. Pittler MH, Ernst E (2006). Kava extract for treating anxiety. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (4). Oxford: Update Software.

  4. Dog TL (1999). Phytomedicine. In WB Jonas, JS Levin, eds., Essentials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, pp.355–368. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

  5. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2002). Kava-containing dietary supplements may be associated with sever liver failure. FDA Consumer Advisory. Available online: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/addskava.html.

Other Works Consulted

  • Kava (2004). In A DerMarderosian, J Beutler, eds., Review of Natural Products. St. Louis: Wolters Kluwer Health.

  • Murray MT, Pizzorno JE Jr (2006). Piper methysticum (kava). In JE Pizzorno Jr, MT Murray, eds., Textbook of Natural Medicine, 3rd ed., pp. 1167–1172. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.

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Last Updated: June 27, 2007
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