Do natural health food stores require regulation?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1161, 2002, Pages

  Healy, Bridget ^a   Burgess, Carl ^a   Siebers, Robert ^a   Beasley, Richard ^a   Weatherall, Mark ^a   Holt, Shaun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BREATHE EEZE; BROMHEXINE; BRONCELIX; CHOLINE THEOPHYLLINATE; CONVITA FORTACOLD; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; EMPHYSEMOL; GARLIC EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HISTIDINE; LUNG ELIXIR; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROPOLIS; PROPOLIS PLUS; SALBUTAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; ECHINACEA; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD STORAGE; GARLIC; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GRINDELIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH FOOD; HORSERADISH; HUMAN; OLIVE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACY; STAFF; THYME; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; HERBAL MEDICINE; LEGAL ASPECT; NEW ZEALAND; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; MEDICINE, HERBAL; NEW ZEALAND; PHARMACIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0037072713     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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