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The acute and chronic toxic effects of vitamin A

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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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This article is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.The article was published on 2006-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 450 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Vitamin & Vitamin A deficiency.

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Hormetic Dietary Phytochemicals

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Nutritional value, bioactive compounds and health benefits of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)

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The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Nutrition: The South African Child Support Grant

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Nutrient Intakes of US Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers Meet or Exceed Dietary Reference Intakes

TL;DR: In FITS 2008, usual nutrient intakes were adequate for the majority of US infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, except for a small but important number of infants at risk for inadequate iron and zinc intakes.
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Dietary reference intakes: vitamin A, vitamin K, arsenic, boron, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silicon, vanadium, and zinc.

TL;DR: The DRIs represent the new approach adopted by the Food and Nutrition Board to providing quantitative estimates of nutrient intakes for use in a variety of settings, replacing and expanding on the past 50 years of periodic updates and revisions of the Recommended Dietary Allowances.
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Wildlife feeding and nutrition

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present computer models of the Nutritional Interaction and Food Composition, and Food Intake Regulation, Food Consumption Regulation, Dietary Information, and Nutrient Metabolism.
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Transport and storage of vitamin A

TL;DR: A group of ligand-dependent transcription factors, the retinoic acid receptors, that apparently mediate many of the extravisual effects of retinoids are presented.
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Perisinusoidal Stellate Cells (Fat-Storing Cells, Interstitial Cells, Lipocytes), Their Related Structure in and around the Liver Sinusoids, and Vitamin A-Storing Cells in Extrahepatic Organs

TL;DR: The stellate cells in the liver of various mammals are morphologically classified into two types: in the first type, branching of the cytoplasmic processes is well developed many medium-sized lipid droplets are apparent and one or two large lipid Droplets are located in the vicinity of the nuclei.
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Nutrition in bone health revisited: a story beyond calcium

TL;DR: The role of dietary components on bone health throughout different stages of life is reviewed, however the fact that many nutrients are co-dependent and simultaneously interact with genetic and environmental factors should not be neglected.
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