Dietary silicon intake in Belgium: Sources, availability from foods, and human serum levels

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4777-4782

  Robberecht, Harry ^a   Van Cauwenbergh, Rudy ^a   Van Vlaslaer, Veerle ^a,b   Hermans, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Plantijn Hogeschool   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Availability; Daily intake; Food and serum; Silicon

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CEREAL PRODUCTS; DAILY INTAKE; DIALYSABILITY; DIETARY INTAKES; ELEMENTAL CONTENTS; FIBRE CONTENT; FOOD AND SERUM; FOOD SOURCES; HOMEOSTATIC MECHANISM; HUMAN SERUM; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO EXPERIMENTS; INVERSE RELATIONS; LOW LEVEL; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; SERUM CONCENTRATION; SIMULATED DIGESTION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BODY FLUIDS;

SILICON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; DIGESTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; SAMPLING; SERUM; SILICON;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BELGIUM; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PORTION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SILICON; YOUNG ADULT;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

HORDEUM;

EID: 67349215016     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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