Vitamin A in Relation to Aging and to Length of life
Open Access
- 1 April 1945
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 31 (4), 107-109
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.31.4.107
Abstract
On diets with double and especially quadruple the vit. A intake, proven to be adequate in the usual sense, [male] and [female] albino rats live longer and the [female] reproductive period is increased. For man, the optimal daily intake may exceed the 4800 I.U. now recommended.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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