Assessing the Safety of Vitamin A Delivered Through Large-Scale Intervention Programs

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue , 2016, Pages S63-S74

  Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^a   Mokhtar, Najat ^b   Haskell, Marjorie J ^c   Brown, Kenneth H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

hypervitaminosis A; isotope dilution; provitamin A; retinol; carotene

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMARKER; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; HEALTH STATUS; ISOTOPE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RISK; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SAFETY; VITAMIN; WELFARE REFORM;

AUSTRIA; CAMEROON; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GUATEMALA [GUATEMALA (NTN)]; VIENNA; ZAMBIA;

RETINOL;

CAMEROON; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; FORTIFIED FOOD; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RETINOL INTOXICATION; SAFETY; ZAMBIA;

CAMEROON; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; HYPERVITAMINOSIS A; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84968725164     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572116630480     Document Type: Article

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