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Main Title Dietary supplements : a framework for evaluating safety /
Publisher National Academies Press,
Year Published 2005
OCLC Number 56591337
ISBN 0309091101 (hardcover); 9780309091107 (hardcover)
Subjects Dietary supplements--Evaluation ; Dietary supplements--Toxicology ; Dietary Supplements--standards ; Safety ; Government Regulation ; Product Surveillance, Postmarketing--methods ; United States ; Bewertung ; Lebensmittel ; Lebensmittelrecht ; Sicherheit ; Toxikologie ; Zusatzstoff ; Dietary Supplements--standards--United States ; Safety--United States ; Government Regulation--United States ; Product Surveillance, Postmarketing--methods--United States
Additional Subjects United States--Food and Drug Administration
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National Academies Press http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10882.html
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10882/dietary-supplements-a-framework-for-evaluating-safety
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EJEM  RM258.5.D543 2005 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 01/14/2005
Collation xviii, 506 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
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. "The sale of supplements has been steadily increasing - all together, the various types of dietary supplements now bring in more than $18 million a year. Given these factors, what kind of information can the Food and Drug Administration use to effectively regulate dietary supplements? Dietary Supplements: A Framework for Evaluating Safety provides an outline for evaluating dietary supplement safety and protecting the health of consumers."--BOOK JACKET.