Potent and untested drugs sold as "dietary supplements".

Kimergård, A, Walker, C and Cowan, D (2015) Potent and untested drugs sold as "dietary supplements". BMJ, 351. p. 4181. ISSN 1756-1833

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Abstract

A new challenge to public health has recently emerged from potent and untested drugs being sold under the guise of “dietary” supplements.1-4 Fuelled by growing demand for products promising a better body, enhanced performance, and increased wellbeing, this trend highlights creative marketing strategies used in the illicit supply of drugs.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Divisions: Public and Allied Health
Publisher: BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
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Date of first compliant Open Access: 11 January 2016
Date Deposited: 21 Aug 2015 10:45
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2021 14:02
URI: https://ljmu-9.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/1883
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