Clinical testing design for functional food claims the link between study design and strength of evidence

Agro Food Industry Hi-Tech

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 10-13

  Demonty, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biologically relevant effects; Claim substantiation; Clinical study design; Hierarchy of evidence; Randomised controlled trials

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053345094     PISSN: 17226996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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