Functional foods: Some relevant considerations?

British Food Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 809-817

  Ovesen, Lars ^a  

^a DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diseases; Foods; Regulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986173269     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070709910293715     Document Type: Review

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