Vitamin A Supplementation, Fortification Questioned In NEJM Study, Editorial
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Supplementation and food fortification with vitamin A may be harmful in Western countries where "life expectancy is high and the prevalence of osteoporosis is increasing," a Dutch researcher says in an editorial in the Jan. 23 New England Journal of Medicine
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