Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 8 , Pages 737-742 , August 2005

Absorption of calcium from the carbonated dairy soft drink is greater than that from fat-free milk and calcium-fortified orange juice in women

  • Bruce G. Schroder

      Affiliations

    • Dairilean, Inc, PO Box 88647, Sioux Falls, SD 57109, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 605 743 5204.
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  • Ian J. Griffin

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and USDA/Agricultural Research Service's Children's Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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  • Bonny L. Specker

      Affiliations

    • Ethel Austin Martin Program in Human Nutrition, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
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  • Steven A. Abrams

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and USDA/Agricultural Research Service's Children's Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA

Received 30 August 2004 ,Revised 21 June 2005 ,Accepted 8 July 2005.

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PII: S0271-5317(05)00116-8

doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2005.07.001

Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 8 , Pages 737-742 , August 2005

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