Carrot man: A case of excessive beta-carotene ingestion

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 816-818

  Sansone, Randy A ^a,b   Sansone, Lori A ^c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KETTERING MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

Author keywords

beta carotene; carrots; dieting; liver enzymes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA CAROTENE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARROT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERCAROTENEMIA; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; MALE; OVERNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL INTOXICATION; SKIN DISCOLORATION;

BETA CAROTENE; CONSTIPATION; DAUCUS CAROTA; DIET; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPERVITAMINOSIS A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864857776     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22015     Document Type: Article

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