Biomarkers of nutrition for development (BOND)-vitamin A review

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1816S-1848S

  Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^a   Russell, Robert M ^b   Stephensen, Charles B ^c   Gannon, Bryan M ^a   Craft, Neal E ^d   Haskell, Marjorie J ^e   Lietz, Georg ^f   Schulze, Kerry ^g   Raiten, Daniel J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDAWestern Human Nutrition Research Center   (United States)

^d Craft Technologies Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^h EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

BOND; Breast milk; Dose response tests; Dried blood spot; Isotope dilution; Retinol binding protein; Serum retinol; Vitamin A biomarkers; Vitamin A review; Xerophthalmia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; RETINOL; ZINC; ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NUTRITION; PUBLICATION; BLOOD; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; BIOMARKERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; IODINE; IRON; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B 12; ZINC;

EID: 84988883684     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.229708     Document Type: Article

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