A proposal for the establishment of scientific criteria for health claims for functional foods

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 413-422

  Clydesdale, Fergus M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

EID: 0031437403     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1997.tb01588.x     Document Type: Review

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