Challenges in conducting clinical nutrition research

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 491-499

  Weaver, Connie M ^a   Miller, Joshua W ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical nutrition research; Dietary interventions; Dietary supplements; Human study ethics; Human study regulations; Institutional review boards; Randomized control trials

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ETHICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGE; REWARD; TENSION; VOLUNTEER; ANIMAL; DIET; DISEASE MODEL; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANIMALS; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85026486985     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nux026     Document Type: Article

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