Use of stable isotopes to assess the bioavailability of trace elements: A review

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 939-947

  Fairweather Tait, S J ^a   Dainty, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Stable isotopes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DYSPROSIUM; IRON; RADIOISOTOPE; SAMARIUM; SELENIUM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOSAFETY; BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE INTERACTION; ISOTOPE TRACING; MARKETING; MEDICAL ETHICS; METAL METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; FECES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0036810261     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030110087474     Document Type: Article

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