Digestion and Intestinal Absorption of Dietary Carotenoids and Vitamin A

Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1663-1680

  Harrison, Earl H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-382026-6.00062-2     Document Type: Chapter

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