The discourse of risk in diet pills controversy: an analysis of the press coverage in 2011 and in 2014

Appetite suppressants are sold in Brazil over 30 years. In 2010, the Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária - Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) began a process to review the risk assessment of these drugs and in 2011 cancelled the register of the three amphetamine-based anorexigenics (a...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Melo do Amaral, Josué Laguardia, Janine Miranda Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (Icict) da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) 2017-09-01
Series:RECIIS
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Online Access:https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/1274