Qualified health claim for nuts and heart disease prevention: Development of consumer-friendly language

Nutrition Today

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 62-66

  Ternus, Maureen ^a,f   McMahon, Kathleen ^b   Lapsley, Karen ^b,c   Johnson, Guy ^d,e  

^a INC NREF ^*  (United States)

^b Almond Board of California ^*

^c INC NREF Nutrition Committee ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e Johnson Nutrition Solutions LLC   (United States)

^f International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

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EID: 33745494352     PISSN: 0029666X     EISSN: 15389839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00017285-200603000-00005     Document Type: Review

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