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Comment
. 2015 Aug;102(2):520-1.
doi: 10.3945/ajcn.115.110825.

Uncertainties of assessing total body vitamin A stores in community settings in low-income countries using the stable-isotope dilution methodology

Georg Lietz  1 , Marjorie Haskell  1 , Alida Melse-Boonstra  1
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Uncertainties of assessing total body vitamin A stores in community settings in low-income countries using the stable-isotope dilution methodology

Georg Lietz et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Aug.
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    Tanumihardjo SA, Gannon BM, Kaliwile C, Chileshe J. Tanumihardjo SA, et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Aug;102(2):521-2. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.115.110973. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015. PMID: 26240193 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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