Methodological challenges conducting epidemiological research on nutraceuticals in health and disease

PharmaNutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 120-125

  Mahabir, Somdat ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiological research on nutraceuticals; Health and disease; Human studies; Methodological challenge; Nutraceuticals; Pharma nutrition issues

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MINERAL; NUTRACEUTICAL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; RESVERATROL; TRACE METAL; VITAMIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASES; DRUG INDUSTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PROCESSING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; INFLAMMATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NAIL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERUM; TISSUE SECTION; URINALYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84905394974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22134344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phanu.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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