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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811325703321

Titolo

Dietary reference intakes for thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B₆, folate, vitamin B₁₂, pantothenic acid, biotin, and choline / / a report of the Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes and its Panel on Folate, Other B Vitamins, and Choline and Subcommittee on Upper Reference Levels of Nutrients, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1998

ISBN

0-309-59725-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (592 p.)

Disciplina

612.3/99

Soggetti

Vitamin B in human nutrition

Reference values (Medicine)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter; Preface; Contents; Summary; 1 Introduction to Dietary Reference Intakes; 2 The B Vitamins and Choline: Overview and Methods; 3 A Model for the Development of Tolerable Upper Intake Levels; 4 Thiamin; 5 Riboflavin; 6 Niacin; 7 Vitamin B6; 8 Folate; 9 Vitamin B12; 10 Pantothenic Acid; 11 Biotin; 12 Choline; 13 Uses of Dietary Reference Intakes; 14 A Research Agenda; A Origin and Framework of the Development of Dietary Reference Intakes; B Acknowledgments; C Système International d'Unités; D Search Strategies

E Methodological Problems Associated with Laboratory Values and Food Composition Data for B VitaminsF Dietary Intake Data from the Boston Nutritional Status Survey, 1981-1984; G Dietary Intake Data from the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII), 1994-1995; H Dietary Intake Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), 1988-1994; I Daily Intakes of B Vitamins by Canadian Men and Women, 1990, 1993; J Options for Dealing with Uncertainties in Developing Tolerable Upper Intake Levels

K Blood Concentrations of Folate and Vitamin B12 from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), 1988-



1994L Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase; M Evidence from Animal Studies on the Etiology of Neural Tube Defects; N Estimation of the Period Covered by Vitamin B12 Stores; O Biographical Sketches; P Glossary and Abbreviations; Index