Rare earth elements as nonabsorbable fecal markers in studies of iron absorption

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 970-976

  Fairweather Tait, Susan J ^a   Minihane, Anne Marie ^b   Eagles, John ^b   Owen, Linda ^b   Crews, Helen M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

adults; fecal monitoring; Iron absorption; rare earth elements; stable isotopes; transit time

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; DYSPROSIUM; IRON; IRON 54; IRON 57; IRON 58; LANTHANIDE; RADIOISOTOPE; SAMARIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTERBIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON ABSORPTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0030955033     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.4.970     Document Type: Article

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