The contribution of plant foods to the vitamin A supply of lactating women in Vietnam: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1112-1120

  Nguyen, Cong Khan ^a,b   West, Clive E ^b,c   De Pee, Saskia ^b,d   Bosch, Diane ^d   Ha, Do Phuong ^a   Hulshof, Paul J M ^b   Ha, Huy Khoi ^a   Verhoef, Hans ^b   Hautvast, Joseph G A J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Breastfeeding women; Carotenoids; Food based approaches; Vietnam; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LACTATION; VEGETABLE; VIET NAM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34147095809     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.4.1112     Document Type: Article

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