The marketing of dietary supplements in north America: The emperor is (Almost) naked

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 803-806

  Temple, Norman J ^a  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CANADA; CONSUMER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FRUIT JUICE; HEALTH FOOD; HERB; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MARKETING; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DRUG LEGISLATION; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CANADA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; MARKETING; MICRONUTRIENTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954925975     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0176     Document Type: Review

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