Aspartame-facts and fiction

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1311, 2010, Pages 53-57

  Magnuson, Bernadene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASPARTAME; METHANOL;

DIGESTION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ASPARTAME; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG TOXICITY; FOOD ADDITIVES; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 77949835383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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