Should intakes with beneficial actions, often requiring supplementation, be considered for RDAs?

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 9 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Combs Jr , Gerald F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidant; cancer; cardiovascular disease; essentiality; RDA

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUNSELING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT;

EID: 9544255673     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.suppl_9.2373s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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