Qualified health claims on package labels

Journal of Public Policy and Marketing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-258

  Bone, Paula Fitzgerald ^a   France, Karen Russo ^a  

^a Weest Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary supplement and food labeling; Dietary supplement health education act; Food and drug administration; Qualified health claims; Structure function claims

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949113920     PISSN: 07439156     EISSN: 15477207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jppm.28.2.253     Document Type: Review

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