Validity of the relative-dose-response test and the modified-relative-dose- response test as indicators of vitamin A stores in liver

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 835-839

  Verhoef, Hans ^a   West, Clive E ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Statistical data interpretation; Tissue distribution; Vitamin A; Vitamin A deficiency; Vitamin A metabolism

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRORETINOL; RETINOL; RETINOL ESTER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LIVER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; METABOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; LIVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 17844408428     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/81.4.835     Document Type: Article

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