Protein requirement of healthy school-age children determined by the indicator amino acid oxidation method

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1545-1552

  Elango, Rajavel ^a,d   Humayun, Mohammad A ^a   Ball, Ronald O ^b,c   Pencharz, Paul B ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDICATOR AMINO ACID OXIDATION METHOD; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; SCHOOL CHILD;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; EGG PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

EID: 82355190947     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.012815     Document Type: Article

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