Micronutrients: dietary intake v. supplement use
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Micronutrients: dietary intake v. supplement use.
Whilst clinical deficiency of micronutrients is uncommon in the developed world, a suboptimal intake of certain micronutrients has been linked with an increased risk of chronic diseases such as CVD and cancer. Attention has therefore focused on increasing micronutrient status in order to theoretically reduce chronic disease risk. Increasing micronutrient status can involve a number of approache...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0029-6651,1475-2719
DOI: 10.1079/pns2005464