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When is a Food a Medicine?

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I thank Susan Martindale of the New Zealand Ministry of Health, and Barbara Thomson of ESR for their help.

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    Ian Shaw (Food Safety Programme Leader)

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Shaw, I. When is a Food a Medicine?. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Medicine 17, 69 (2003). https://doi.org/10.2165/00124363-200317020-00004

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