The Canadian natural health products (NHP) regulations: Industry compliance motivations

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-262

  Laeeque, Hina ^a   Boon, Heather ^a,b   Kachan, Natasha ^a   Cohen, Jillian Clare ^a   D'Cruz, Joseph ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Herbs; Policy

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 52449117432     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel090     Document Type: Article

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