Calcium does not inhibit iron absorption or alter iron status in infant piglets adapted to a high calcium diet

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 707-711

  Wauben, Ine P M ^a   Atkinson, Stephanie A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Calcium: iron interactions; High calcium diet; Infant piglets iron absorption

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; IRON DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY SIZE; BRUSH BORDER VESICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; INFANCY; INFANT NUTRITION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON KINETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SWINE; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033053621     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.3.707     Document Type: Article

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