Opportunities and challenges in conducting systematic reviews to support the development of nutrient reference values: Vitamin A as an example

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 728-733

  Russell, Robert ^a,b   Chung, Mei ^c   Balk, Ethan M ^c   Atkinson, Stephanie ^d   Giovannucci, Edward L ^e   Ip, Stanley ^c   Lichtenstein, Alice H ^c   Mayne, Susan Taylor ^f   Raman, Gowri ^c   Catharine Ross, A ^g   Trikalinos, Thomas A ^c   West Jr, Keith P ^h   Lau, Joseph ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FOOD INTAKE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; REVIEW; XEROPHTHALMIA;

HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; VITAMIN A;

EID: 61449121062     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.27154     Document Type: Review

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