Evaluating the effectiveness of beta-carotene-rich food interventions for improving vitamin A status

Beta Carotene: Dietary Sources, Cancer and Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 263-281

  Burri, Betty J ^a   Turner, Tami ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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