Food fortification as a means to increase Vitamin D intake

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2075-2076

  Itkonen, Suvi T ^a   Lamberg Allardt, Christel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D; RETINOL;

ASSAY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FOOD FORTIFICATION; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; LETTER; STANDARDIZATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANALYSIS; FOOD; FORTIFIED FOOD; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

FOOD; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84963600250     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114516001227     Document Type: Letter

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