Vitamin A and Beta-Carotene

Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 131-145

  Weeks, Bradford S ^a  

^a Weeks Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; OPSIN; RETINOL; RHODOPSIN;

ACNE; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; FRACTURE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; ICHTHYOSIS; LUNG CANCER; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PSORIASIS; RETINOL INTOXICATION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMOKING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 0142117440     PISSN: 03170209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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