Dietary heterogeneity among western industrialized countries reflected in the stable isotope ratios of human hair

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Valenzuela, Luciano O ^a   Chesson, Lesley A ^a,b   Bowen, Gabriel J ^c   Cerling, Thure E ^a,b   Ehleringer, James R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b IsoForensics Inc   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; RADIOISOTOPE; SULFUR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MACRONUTRIENT; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; CATERING SERVICE; CHEMISTRY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIET; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIET; EUROPE; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR; HUMANS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SULFUR ISOTOPES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859124310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034234     Document Type: Article

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