Health claims for functional foods

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7433, 2004, Pages 180-181

  Katan, Martijn B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; FLAVONOID; FOLIC ACID; KAVA; LINOLEIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MINERAL; PHYTOESTROGEN; PHYTOSTEROL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STANOL ESTER; SUGAR ALCOHOL; VITAMIN; ZINC;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHEWING GUM; COMMON COLD; CONSUMER; DENTAL CARIES; DIARRHEA; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECHINACEA; EDITORIAL; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; IMMUNITY; LAW; LOZENGE; MARKET; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; ROTAVIRUS; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 0742322094     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7433.180     Document Type: Editorial

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