Recommended dietary intake levels for phytochemicals: Feasible or fanciful?

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Dreosti, Ivor E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary guidelines; Phytochemicals; Recommended dietary intakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044522099     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6047.2000.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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