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The Essential Trace Elements and Minerals

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Clinical Nutrition of the Essential Trace Elements and Minerals

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The objective of this introductory chapter is to discuss some basic ideas that can facilitate understanding of the nutriture of the essential trace elements and minerals. In depth discussion of individual nutrients in health and disease will be found in each of the next 20 chapters.

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  1. Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA

    John D. Bogden PhD

  2. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, ND, USA

    Leslie M. Klevay MD, SD in Hyg

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Bogden, J.D. (2000). The Essential Trace Elements and Minerals. In: Bogden, J.D., Klevay, L.M. (eds) Clinical Nutrition of the Essential Trace Elements and Minerals. Nutrition ◊ and ◊ Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-040-7_1

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