Risk analysis applied to food fortification

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-290

  Meltzer, Helle M ^a   Aro, Antti ^b   Andersen, Niels Lyhne ^c   Koch, Bente ^c   Alexander, Jan ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Discussion paper; Food; Fortification; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOTIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; MINERAL; NICOTINIC ACID; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FORTIFICATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NUTRIENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; MINERALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VITAMINS;

EID: 0038656713     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2002444     Document Type: Article

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