Letters to the editor: The double isotope tracer method is a reliable measure of fractional zinc absorption

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 787-788

  King, J C ^a,b   Lowe, N M ^c   Jackson, M J ^c   Shames, D M ^d  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; TRACER; ZINC;

ABSORPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; TECHNIQUE; ZINC METABOLISM;

FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ZINC; ZINC ISOTOPES;

EID: 0030694772     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600489     Document Type: Letter

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