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Food supplements market in Poland and the European Union – regulations and consumption of food supplements in the pre-COVID and COVID era

Justyna Strocka
1
,
Urszula Religioni
1
,
Jarosław Pinkas
1

  1. School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2025; 27(3): 347-351
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2025.153097
Online publish date: 2025/09/29
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