Nutrition science mustn't accept a lower level of evidence

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 413-414

  Fenton, Tanis R ^a   Fenton, Carol J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; FOLIC ACID; PLACEBO; VITAMIN B GROUP;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPOTHESIS; KNOWLEDGE; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MEDICINE; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79960072600     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00404.x     Document Type: Letter

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