Assuring Vitamin A Adequacy to Prevent Eye and Ear Disorders

Carotenoids and Vitamin A in Translational Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 111-122

  Sauer, Theodor ^a   Emmett, Susan ^b,c   West, Keith P ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b14569-11     Document Type: Chapter

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