Scientific substantiation of health claims in the EU

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 120-126

  Flynn, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Health claims; Substantiation

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH INSURANCE; LAW; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; RISK REDUCTION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; DIET; EUROPEAN UNION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOOD LABELING; FOOD SAFETY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GROWTH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856257307     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665111003168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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