SITE LISTINGS :
- Facts About Vitamin A and Carotenoids
- Extensive information about the fat soluble vitamin including suggested RDA intake, role in human body functions, food sources, health risk of overdosage, and deficiency signs.
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/cc/vita.html (Added: 15-Apr-2005)
- Linus Pauling Institute: Vitamin A
- Professional review covering information on the functions (vision improvement, regulation of gene expression, normal functioning of the immune system, red blood cell production), food sources, causes and symptoms of deficiency, drug interactions, and recommened daily intakes of vitamin A.
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/vitamins/vitaminA/ (Added: 15-Apr-2005)
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin A fact sheet offering details on the functions, health benefits, dosage, sources, deficiency and overdose symptoms of this vitamin.
http://www.vitamins-supplements.org/vitamin-A.php (Added: 15-Apr-2005)
- Vitamin A
- Research summary about the role of vitamin A in human metabolic processes, population at risk and consequences of vitamin A deficiency, dietary sources, and units of expression for vitamin A, determining mean requirements and setting safe levels of intake, recommended safe intakes, vitamin A toxicity. Presented by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/Y2809E/y2809e0d.htm (Added: 16-Apr-2005)
- Vitamin A (Retinol)
- A detailed description of vitamin A, including information on its functions, health benefits, and deficiency symptoms.
http://www.greatvistachemicals.com/vitamins-vitamin/retinol-vitamin-a.html (Added: 15-Apr-2005)
- Vitamin A (Retinol)
- Fact sheet about vitamin A, its functions, physiology and metabolism, requirements and RDI, dietary sources, deficiency and toxicity symptoms.
http://www.vnv.org.au/Nutrients/VitaminA.htm (Added: 16-Apr-2005)
- Vitamin A (Retinol)
- Features information on the application of vitamin A (retinol) in treatment and prevention of acne, psoriasis, and other skin disorders, eye disorders, wounds and burns, measles, intestinal parasites, osteoporosis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), bone marrow disorders, cancer, tuberculosis, peritonitis, osteoarthritis, Alzheimer's Disease, and miscarriage.
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsSupplements/VitaminARetinolcs.html (Added: 16-Apr-2005)
- Vitamin A (Retinol)
- Ohio State University fact sheet containing information to help people select foods that provide adequate daily amounts of vitamin A (retinol).
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5551.html (Added: 15-Apr-2005)
- Vitamin A and Carotenoids
- Includes information on the recommended dietary allowances for vitamin A for adults, children, and infants; tolerable upper intake levels for preformed vitamin A for children and adults; signs of vitamin A deficiency; association between vitamin A, beta carotene, and cancer; selected food sources of vitamin A.
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/cc/vita.html (Added: 16-Apr-2005)
- Vitamin A Deficiency
- A look at this vitamin and primary and secondary deficiency. The symptoms, signs, diagnoses and treatment are discussed.
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section1/chapter3/3b.htm (Added: 15-Apr-2005)
- Vitamin A Supplementation
- WHO's public health strategies of vitamin A supplementation to prevent vitamin A deficiency, WHO perspective on the health benefits of vitamin A, Statistics on vitamin A coverage and disease incidence.
http://www.who.int/vaccines/en/vitamina.shtml (Added: 16-Apr-2005)
- Vtamin A Deficiency
- Fact sheet from World Health Organization offering vitamin A deficiency statistics, and information on steps WHO takes to fight vitamin A deficiency.
http://www.who.int/nut/vad.htm (Added: 15-Apr-2005)
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