Short-term zinc kinetics in pregnant rats fed marginal zinc diets

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1020-1025

  Lowe, Nicola M ^a   Woodhouse, Leslie R ^a   Wee, Jennifer ^a   King, Janet C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Pregnancy; Rats; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL; TURNOVER TIME; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ZINC METABOLISM;

EID: 0032952701     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.5.1020     Document Type: Article

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