Vitamin A - Functions, dietary requirements and safety in humans

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-90

  Gerster, Helga ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

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