Collecting and Sharing Information about Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods among Healthcare Professionals Using Internet-based System
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[Collecting and sharing information about dietary supplements and functional foods among healthcare professionals using internet-based system].
Since we do not know much about the efficacy and safety of dietary supplements and functional foods (DS), it is important to collect DS-related events and to share the information among healthcare professionals. Therefore, we aimed to develop an internet-based system which would allow medical doctors and pharmacists to report DS-related events. We conducted a questionnaire survey among pharmaci...
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عنوان ژورنال: YAKUGAKU ZASSHI
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0031-6903,1347-5231
DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.130.131