Dietary supplements : a framework for evaluating safety /

Dietary supplements : a framework for evaluating safety /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 506 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press. Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Subject:	United States. -- Food and Drug Administration. United States. -- Food and Drug Administration. United States. -- Food and Drug Administration. Dietary supplements -- Evaluation. Dietary supplements -- Toxicology. Dietary supplements -- Toxicology. Dietary Supplements -- standards -- United States. Safety -- United States. Government Regulation -- United States. Product Surveillance, Postmarketing -- methods -- United States. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11133676

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Other authors / contributors:	Committee on the Framework for Evaluating the Safety of Dietary Supplements.
ISBN:	0309531888 9780309531887 0309091101 9780309091107
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"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."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Dietary supplements. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2005 0309091101

Table of Contents:

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.