Can a double isotope method be used to measure fractional zinc absorption from urinary samples?

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 69-73

  Rauscher, A ^a,b   Fairweather Tait, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Faeces; Stable isotopes; Urine; Zinc absorption

Indexed keywords

STABLE ISOTOPE; ZINC;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031043687     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600355     Document Type: Article

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