Press releases issued by supplements industry organisations and non-industry organisations in response to publication of clinical research findings: A case-control study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Michael T M ^a   Gamble, Greg ^a   Bolland, Mark J ^a   Grey, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; CHONDROITIN; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSAMINE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MULTIVITAMIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; SABAL EXTRACT; SELENIUM; VITAMIN D; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EFFECT SIZE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; ETHICS; INDUSTRY; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLISHING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84903770303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101533     Document Type: Article

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