Advice on dietary supplements: A comparison of health food stores and pharmacies in canada

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 674-677

  Temple, Norman J ^a   Eley, Douglas ^a   Nowrouzi, Behdin ^a  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Dishonest marketing; Health food stores; Herbs; Marketing of dietary supplements; Pharmacies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PHARMACY; STANDARD;

CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PHARMACIES;

EID: 77955871548     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2009.10719800     Document Type: Article

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