American Roulette - Contaminated dietary supplements

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1523-1525

  Cohen, Pieter A ^a,b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 70350437252     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0904768     Document Type: Article

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