Vitamin A | Deficiency and interventions

Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 348-359

  West, K P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84878226439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-226694-3/00278-7     Document Type: Chapter

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