Dietary Reference Intakes: Revised nutritional equivalents for folate, vitamin E and provitamin A carotenoids

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-382

  Trumbo, Paula R ^a   Yates, Allison A ^a   Schlicker Renfro, Sandra ^a   Suitor, Carol ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate; Nutritional equivalents; Provitamin carotenoids; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FOLIC ACID; RETINOL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0037871800     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-1575(03)00025-5     Document Type: Article

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