Determination of macronutrients and some essential elements in the slovene military diet

Food Chemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1235-1240

  Pograjc, L ^a   Stibilj, V ^b   Scancar J ^b   Jamnik, M ^c  

^a Ministry of Defence   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Energy; Essential elements; Macronutrients; Military; Total diet

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COPPER; FAT; IODINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SELENIUM; SODIUM; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARMY; ARTICLE; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; MACRONUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SLOVENIA;

EID: 77951937512     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.03.031     Document Type: Article

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