Use of the deuterated-retinol-dilution technique to assess total-body vitamin A stores of adult volunteers consuming different amounts of vitamin A

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 874-880

  Haskell, Marjorie J ^a   Mazumder, Ramendra N ^b   Peerson, Janet M ^b   Jones, A Daniel ^b   Wahed, Mohammed A ^b   Mahalanabis, Dilip ^b   Brown, Kenneth H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Deuterated retinol dilution technique; DRD technique; Isotope dilution; Pool size; Stable isotope study; Supplementation; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; RETINOL; RETINOL ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0032692868     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/70.5.874     Document Type: Article

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