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. 2022 Mar 16:376:o630.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.o630.

Formula milk companies push allergy products despite flawed evidence

Melanie Newman  1
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Formula milk companies push allergy products despite flawed evidence

Melanie Newman. BMJ. .

Abstract

Europe has toughened its approach to formula milk products that claim to reduce allergy risks. But consumers elsewhere continue to be coaxed into buying products that make health claims without high quality evidence. Melanie Newman reports

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