Functional foods: A conceptual definition

British Food Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1133-1149

  Doyon, Maurice ^a   Labrecque, JoAnne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food products; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349115118     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700810918036     Document Type: Review

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