An overview of the present Italian situation on food composition data is reported and the main current problems regarding sampling, analytical and cost problems are examined. The last edition of the Tables of Food Composition published by the National Institute of Nutrition (INN) in 1997 was conside
Trace elements: databases and food composition compilations
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- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 425 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0308-8146
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