Evaluation of non-English dietary supplement advertisements in an ethnic minority community in America

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 834-837

  Chung, Eunice P ^a   Hwang, Hye J ^a   Kim, Myo Kyoung ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertisement; Dietary supplement; Disease claims; DSHEA; Ethnic minority

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ADVERTISING; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KOREA; MINORITY GROUPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447123128     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898000733406X     Document Type: Article

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