Abstract Background Inadequate vitamin A (VA) intake is common among lactating women
in many communities worldwide, but high dose VA supplementation of postpartum women is …

Background Vitamin A concentrations in breast milk are related to maternal vitamin A intake
and status. Objectives Our objective was to identify conditions under which vitamin A specific …

Background Low vitamin A status and suboptimal milk vitamin A concentrations are
problems in many populations worldwide. However, limited research has been done on …

Background Many applications of the Simulation, Analysis and Modeling software use data
on the fraction of an orally administered tracer dose (FD) in plasma; thus, researchers must …

Background Previous compartmental models describing and quantifying whole-body vitamin
A (VA) metabolism have been developed from plasma retinol kinetic data after human …

Pregnancy and lactation are critical life stages with unique nutritional requirements,
including for vitamin A (VA). Current DRIs for VA were published in 2001. The objective of …

Major strides have been made globally to eradicate blindness due to vitamin A (VA)
deficiency, but VA status assessments are still important for monitoring intervention …

Background: Vitamin A (VA) plays critical roles in prenatal and postnatal development;
however, limited information is available regarding maternal VA metabolism during …

We aimed to investigate dietary vitamin A (DVA) intake, serum vitamin A (SVA)
concentrations, and breast milk vitamin A (BMVA) concentrations of urban lactating Chinese …

Objectives We investigated the impact of pregnancy and lactation on vitamin A (VA)
metabolism and kinetics in rats, hypothesizing that this changed physiological status would …