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Vitamin A and Bone Health

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Nutrition and Bone Health

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Vitamin A is an unsaturated 20-carbon cyclic alcohol. Its main sources are preformed vitamin A (retinol or retinyl esters) from animal food, especially liver and fish oil, in a lesser degree from dairy products and fortified foods, and precursors as β3-carotene and other vitamin A-forming carotenoids from green plants, carrots, and some fruits (1).

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Burckhardt, P. (2004). Vitamin A and Bone Health. In: Holick, M.F., Dawson-Hughes, B. (eds) Nutrition and Bone Health. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-740-6_24

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