What is a benefit in relation to food consumption?

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 72-74

  Przyrembel, Hildegard ^a   Kleiner, Juliane ^b  

^a European Food Safety Authority ^*  (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benefit assessment; Food consumption; Positive health effect; Terminology

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; PHYTOSTEROL;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EATING; FOOD; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 48649096436     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.05.022     Document Type: Article

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