Status and future developments involving plant iron in animal and human nutrition

Iron Nutrition in Plants and Rhizospheric Microorganisms

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-22

  Vasconcelos, Marta ^a   Grusak, Michael A ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

animal; bioavailability; human; iron; nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900261715     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4743-6_1     Document Type: Chapter

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