Daily supplements of vitamin A (8.4 μmol, 8000 IU) improve the vitamin A status of lactating Indonesian women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-35

  Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^a   Muherdiyantiningsih, ^b   Permaesih, Dewi ^b   Komala, ^b   Muhilal, ^b   Karyadi, Darwin ^b   Olson, James A ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

dehydroretinol; lactation; modified relative dose response; Vitamin A; vitamin A assessment; women

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDONESIA; LACTATION; MATERNAL CARE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 13344270910     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.1.32     Document Type: Article

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