Scientific Opinion on the safety of trivalent chromium as a nutrient added for nutritional purposes to foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses and foods intended for the general population (including food supplements)

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Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

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food supplements; foods for particular nutritional uses (PARNUTS); nutrient; Trivalent chromium

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EID: 85077086077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1882     Document Type: Article

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