title: Natural Standard database.
abstract: The Natural Standard database contains systematic reviews on foods, functional foods, diets, supplements, vitamins, minerals, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) modalities. It is designed to serve as a clinical decision support tool. This column will provide an overview of Natural Standard and its content and scope, as well as provide some basics for searching this resource.
authors.affiliation: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, 07101-2754, USA. fitzparb@umdnj.edu <fitzparb@umdnj.edu>
authors.forename: Roberta Bronson
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies; D019992:Databases as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D005502:Food; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D020407:Internet; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D012984:Software