Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 82-89 , January 2010

Absorption estimates improve the validity of the relationship between dietary and serum lycopene

  • Betty Jane Burri, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Western Human Nutrition Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Davis, California, USA
    • Nutrition Department, University California–Davis, Davis, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: 530-752-4748.
    • ,
  • Thuan Nguyen, M.S., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Western Human Nutrition Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Davis, California, USA
    • ,
  • Terry R. Neidlinger, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Western Human Nutrition Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Davis, California, USA

Received 9 July 2008 ,Accepted 18 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.06.020

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 82-89 , January 2010

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