ABSTRACT
This book is intended as a source of information for the many scientists who now enter the growing research field of vitamin A in health and disease, reviewing the epidemiological aspects related to vitamin A.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 6|6 pages
Retinoic Acid Homeostasis: Prospective Roles of {3-Carotene, Retinol, CRBP, and CRABP
York-Buffalo, New York
chapter 10|4 pages
Role of Carotenoids in Antioxidant Defense
of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California
chapter 1|1 pages
Are Ethanol-Induced Birth Defects Caused by Functional Retinoic Acid Deficiency?
Gregg Duesler
chapter 20|19 pages
Vitamin A and Cancer: Epidemiological Evidence in Humans
ofP ublic Health, Boston, Massachusetts
chapter 21|1 pages
Vitamin A Deficiency: Its Epidemiology and Relation to Child Mortality and Morbidity
Keith P. West, Jr.
chapter 22|14 pages
Teratogenicity of Vitamin A and Retinoids
Heinz Nau, Ibrahim Chahoud, Lennart Dencker, Edward J. Lammer, and William J. Scott
chapter |36 pages
SPECIES IN TRANSPLACENTAL
all-trans-RA-are in great part due to differences in pharmacokinetics, placental
