Toward a comprehensive approach to the collection and analysis of pica substances, with emphasis on geophagic materials

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Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Young, Sera L ^a,b   Jeffrey Wilson, M ^c   Miller, Dennis ^d   Hillier, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ICE; IRON OXIDE; MINERAL; ORGANIC CARBON; PICA SUBSTANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH; TALC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALUMINUM SILICATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CATION EXCHANGE; CLAY; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINERALOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PARASITOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PICA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANEMIA; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PICA; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOIL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 52149114275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003147     Document Type: Review

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