Current Capabilities and Limitations of Stable Isotope Techniques and Applied Mathematical Equations in Determining Whole-Body Vitamin A Status

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 2_suppl, 2016, Pages S87-S103

  Lietz, Georg ^a   Furr, Harold C ^b   Gannon, Bryan M ^b   Green, Michael H ^c   Haskell, Marjorie ^d   Lopez Teros, Veronica ^e   Novotny, Janet A ^f   Palmer, Amanda C ^g   Russell, Robert M ^h   Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^b   Van Loo Bouwman, Carolien A ⁱ  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^f BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

^h TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

model based compartmental analysis; prediction equations; retinol isotope dilution; vitamin A status

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDICATOR DILUTION CURVE; INFANT; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85026639500     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572116630642     Document Type: Article

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