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Dietary supplements : a framework for evaluating safety / Committee on the Framework for Evaluating the Safety of Dietary Supplements, Food and Nutrition Board, Board on Life Sciences. - Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2005. - xviii, 506 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 0309091101 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2004022339

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Food and Drug Administration.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Dietary supplements--Evaluation.
Dietary supplements--Toxicology.
Dietary Supplements--standards--United States.
Safety--United States.
Government Regulation--United States.
Product Surveillance, Postmarketing--methods--United States.

LC Class. No.: RM 258.5 / .D543 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 613.2/8

National Library of Medicine Call No.: QU 145.5 / .D54 2004