Risk-Based Regulation of Direct-to-Consumer Nutrigenetic Tests

Nutrition and Genomics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 85-102

  Ries, Nola M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374125-7.00005-9     Document Type: Chapter

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