Assessing Vitamin A Status: Past, Present and Future

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Retinol; Vitamin A; Vitamin A indicators

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRORETINOL ESTER; DEUTERIUM; PREALBUMIN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID GLUCURONIDE; RETINOID DERIVATIVE; RETINOL; RETINOL ACETATE; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST MILK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DARK ADAPTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INFECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 0347356600     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.1.290s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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