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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449998803321

Titolo

Dietary supplements [[electronic resource] ] : a framework for evaluating safety / / Committee on the Framework for Evaluating the Safety of Dietary Supplements, Food and Nutrition Board, Board on Life Sciences

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-17930-9

9786610179305

0-309-53188-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (526 p.)

Disciplina

613.2/8

Soggetti

Dietary supplements - Evaluation

Dietary supplements - Toxicology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Approaches used by others and existing safety frameworks -- The framework -- Categories of scientific evidence--human information and data -- Categories of scientific evidence--animal data -- Categories of scientific evidence--information about related substances -- Categories of scientific evidence--in vitro data -- Interactions -- Vulnerable groups and prevalence of use -- Scientific principles for integrating and evaluating the available data -- Applying the framework: case studies using the prototype safety monographs -- Factors influencing use of the safety framework -- Findings and recommendations.