Vitamine-vitamin. The early years of discovery

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 680-685

  Rosenfeld, Louis ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory food substance; Indispensable dietary constituent; Nutritional deficiency

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; RETINOL; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D;

ART; ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; NUTRITION;

ASCORBIC ACID; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PORTRAITS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 0031116075     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.4.680     Document Type: Article

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