Dietary Supplements - Economics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Effect of citric acid, avilamycin, and their combination on the performance, tibia ash, and immune status of broilers.

30 Jul 2009 The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the supplementation of an organic acid (citric acid), antibiotic growth promoter (avilamycin), and their combination for a period of 35 d on the growth, feed efficiency, carcass yield, tibia ash, ... Read more...

Supplementation of urea-molasses-straw based diet with different levels of concentrate for fattening of emaciated bulls.

29 Jun 2009 An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of supplementation of Urea-Molasses-Straw (UMS) based diet with different levels of concentrate for fattening emaciated bulls. The unsupplemented control diet T0 was composed of UMS (80%) and ... Read more...

[Costs versus benefits of oral nutritional supplements]

29 Apr 2009 Health economics pretends to assign resources that are short in essence and that may be used for other purposes. Health costs analysis pretends to compare the pros and cons of several options among which an election can be made in order to obtain ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Dietary Supplements - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Supply of trace element supplements and unbranded anthelmintics for sheep. 13 Aug 2009
• Effect of citric acid, avilamycin, and their combination on the performance, tibia ash, and immune status of broilers. 30 Jul 2009
• Supplementation of urea-molasses-straw based diet with different levels of concentrate for fattening of emaciated bulls. 29 Jun 2009
• [Costs versus benefits of oral nutritional supplements] 29 Apr 2009
• The sale of weight-loss supplements on the Internet: A lurking health care crisis waiting to strike. Mar 2009
• Developing effective campaign messages to prevent neural tube defects: a qualitative assessment of women's reactions to advertising concepts. 27 Feb 2009
• The potential role of private pharmacies in maternal iron supplementation in rural Tanzania. 27 Feb 2009
• Ginkgo might not be a brain saver. 27 Feb 2009
• Cost-effectiveness of misoprostol and prenatal iron supplementation as maternal mortality interventions in home births in rural India. 9 Dec 2008
• Effects of micronutrients on growth of children under 5 y of age: meta-analyses of single and multiple nutrient interventions. Dec 2008
• The impact of Mexico's conditional cash transfer programme, Oportunidades, on birthweight. 4 Oct 2008
• Safe use of herbal kelp supplements. 29 Nov 2007
• Nonvitamin, nonmineral dietary supplementation in HIV-positive people. 29 Nov 2007
• Nutraceuticals: miracle or meme? 29 Sep 2007
• Iron and zinc deficiencies in China: what is a feasible and cost-effective strategy? 24 Sep 2007
• Estimating the global costs of vitamin A capsule supplementation: a review of the literature. 30 Aug 2007
• National surveillance of herbal dietary supplement exposures: the poison control center experience. 30 Aug 2007
• Effect of dietary phosphorus and its interaction with genetic background on global gene expression in porcine muscle. 30 Jul 2007
• "Health" care in crisis. 30 May 2007
• The search for good compliance: economic aspects of a conveyed combination pharmaco-therapy, exemplified by an osteoporosis therapy. 18 Apr 2007

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Technical information about 'Dietary Supplements'

Definition: Products in capsule, tablet or liquid form that provide essential nutrients, such as a vitamin, an essential mineral, a protein, an herb, or similar nutritional substance. (FDA Backgrounder, June 15, 1993, p2)

Descriptor UI: D019587

Alternative terms: Dietary Supplements; Dietary Supplement; Supplement, Dietary; Supplements, Dietary; Nutraceuticals; Nutraceutical; Neutraceuticals; Neutraceutical; Food Supplementation; Supplementation, Food; Dietary Supplementation; Dietary Supplementations; Supplementation, Dietary; Supplementations, Dietary; Food, Supplemented; Foods, Supplemented; Supplemented Food; Supplemented Foods; Food Supplements; Food Supplement; Supplement, Food; Supplements, Food;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; analysis; classification; economics; history; microbiology; parasitology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; toxicity; utilization; statistics & numerical data; virology;

Tree Number: J02.500.456;

Online Note: use FOOD, FORTIFIED to search DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION 1995-97 & FOOD, SUPPLEMENTED 1975-97

History Note: 98; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION was see FOOD, FORTIFIED 1995-97; FOOD, SUPPLEMENTED was see FOOD, FORTIFIED 1975-97

Technical Notes: do not confuse with FOOD, FORTIFIED or FOOD, FORMULATED or FOOD ADDITIVES; coordinate IM with specific nutrient if relevant (IM)