Vitamin A - retinol

Vitamins in the Prevention of Human Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 7-39

  Barua, Arun B ^a   Stacewicz Sapuntzakis, Maria ^b   Furr, Harold C ^c  

^a Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110214499     Document Type: Chapter

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