The importance of minerals in the human diet

Handbook of Mineral Elements in Food

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-21

  Quintaes, Késia Diego ^a   Diez Garcia, Rosa Wanda ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Food culture; Human diet; Micronutrients; Mineral supplements; Nutritional recommendations

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; MINERALS; NUTRIENTS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; HUMAN DIET; MICRONUTRIENTS; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTS; NUTRITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS;

NUTRITION;

EID: 85019870045     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118654316.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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