Functional food and nutraceutical registration process in Japan and China: Similarities and differences

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Patel, Darshika ^a   Dufour, Yvon ^b   Domigan, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Auctus Limited   (New Zealand)

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EID: 79955874971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14821826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18433/j32s3n     Document Type: Article

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