The importance of milk as a source of vitamin B12 for human nutrition

Animal Frontiers

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 32-37

  Matte, J J ^a   Britten, M ^b   Girard, C L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal model; Bioavailability; Cobalamin; Cow; Milk processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028468814     PISSN: 21606056     EISSN: 21606064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/af.2014-0012     Document Type: Article

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