Assessment of total body stores of vitamin A in Guatemalan elderly by the deuterated-retinol-dilution method

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 278-284

  Ribaya Mercado, Judy D ^a   Mazariegos, Manolo ^b   Tang, Guangwen ^b   Romero Abal, Maria Eugenia ^b   Mena, Ivania ^b   Solomons, Noel W ^b   Russell, Robert M ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body stores; Deuterated retinol dilution; Elderly; Guatemala; Relative dose response; Retinol; Stable isotope dilution; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; DEUTERIUM; RETINOL; RETINOL ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032928881     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.2.278     Document Type: Article

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