Utility of the relative-dose-response and modified-relative-dose-response tests as population indicators of vitamin A status [3]

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1135-1137

  Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^a   Underwood, Barbara A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRORETINOL; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL ESTER;

ACCURACY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VEIN PUNCTURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; NOTE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VITAMIN A;

EID: 32944459631     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/82.5.1135a     Document Type: Letter

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