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Liver Stores of Vitamin A in a Normal Population Dying Suddenly or Rapidly from Unnatural Causes in New York City

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This article is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.The article was published on 1970-08-01. It has received 73 citations till now.

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Can dietary beta-carotene materially reduce human cancer rates?

TL;DR: If dietary β-carotene is truly protective—which could be tested by controlled trials—there are a number of theoretical mechanisms whereby it might act, some of which do not directly involve its ‘provitamin A’ activity.
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Vitamin A and retinoids in health and disease.

TL;DR: NIGHT blindness was recognized as a disease entity in ancient Egypt and literature dating from ancient times to the early 20th century contains comments that appear to indicate recognition of the existence of a dietary substance necessary for night vision.
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Laboratory Tests for the Assessment of Nutritional Status

TL;DR: The CRC Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences: Vol. 4, No. 3, No 3, pp 215-340 as discussed by the authors was the first publication of a comprehensive review of laboratory tests for the assessment of nutritional status.
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The acute and chronic toxic effects of vitamin A

TL;DR: Further research is needed to ascertain the areas of the world in which subclinical toxicity exists and to evaluate its effects on overall health and well-being, because emerging evidence suggests that subtoxicity without clinical signs of toxicity may be a growing concern.
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Cellular retinol-binding protein I is essential for vitamin A homeostasis.

TL;DR: CRBPI is indispensable for efficient RE synthesis and storage, and its absence results in a waste of ROL that is asymptomatic in vitA‐sufficient animals, but leads to a severe syndrome of vitA deficiency in animals fed a vitA-deficient diet.
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