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Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin A, Vitamin K, Arsenic, Boron, Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silicon, Vanadium, and Zinc
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
IARC
International Agency for Research on Cancer
ICC
Indian childhood cirrhosis
ICCIDD
International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders
ICT
Idiopathic copper toxicosis
IM
Intramuscular
IOM
Institute of Medicine
IPCS
International Programme on Chemical Safety
IR
Insulin receptor
IRE
Iron response element
IRP
Iron response proteins
IU
International units
Lacto-ovovegetarian
Person who consumes milk (lacto), eggs (ovo), and plant foods and products, but no meat or fish
LDL
Low density lipoprotein
LMWCr
Low molecular weight chromium-binding substance
LOAEL
Lowest-observed-adverse-effect level: lowest intake (or experimental dose) of a nutrient at which an adverse effect has been identified
LSRO
Life Sciences Research Office
MCH
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin—the amount of hemoglobin in erythrocytes (red blood cells)
MCV
Mean corpuscular volume—the volume of the average erythrocyte
