'Unsafe' nutraceuticals products on the Internet: The need for stricter regulation in Malaysia

2017 5th International Conference on Cyber and IT Service Management, CITSM 2017

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages

  Daud, Mahyuddin ^a   Jalil, Juriah Abd ^a   Azmi, Ida Madieha Abdul Ghani ^a   Ismail, Suzi Fadhilah ^a   Safuan, Sahida ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

content regulation; functional food; Nutraceutical; online sellers; social media

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; PURCHASING; SALES; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CONTENT REGULATION; NUTRACEUTICAL PRODUCTS; NUTRACEUTICALS; ONLINE SELLERS; PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

FUNCTIONAL FOOD;

EID: 85040220753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CITSM.2017.8089269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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