Plant sources of vitamin A and human nutrition: Red palm oil does the job

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 309-311

  Solomons, Noel W ^a  

^a Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; PALM OIL; RETINOL PALMITATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; NUTRITION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031757507     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1998.tb01666.x     Document Type: Article

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