Emerging opportunities for monitoring the nutritional content of processed foods

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 298-299

  Angell, Sonia Y ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SODIUM INTAKE;

DATABASES AS TOPIC; FAST FOODS; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 75649119671     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.29082     Document Type: Editorial

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