Herbal Products Should Be Regulated for Quality Control [2]

American Family Physician

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 493-494

  Larimore, Walter L ^a   O'Mathúna, Dónal P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Mount Carmel College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; VALERIAN;

DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG LABELING; DRUG QUALITY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LETTER; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; STANDARD;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; VALERIAN;

EID: 0842348938     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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