| Literature DB >> 3316536 |
W Mertz1.
Abstract
Balance studies are inadequate tools to determine human requirements for minerals and trace elements. At best, they estimate the amount of an element in a specified diet that maintains the existing pool size of the test subject. The relevance of pool size to health remains to be established by different and independent means.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3316536 DOI: 10.1093/jn/117.11.1811
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Nutr ISSN: 0022-3166 Impact factor: 4.798