Utilization of short- and medium-lived nuclides for the trace-element characterization of food samples
Food has long been known to play a key role not only in the health status of human beings but also in their social lives. Relationships between food and physical as well as spiritual well-beings have been cited in ancient Chinese, Greek, and Indian literatures. Modern medicine, curative as well as preventive, values the nutritional aspects of food. In this regard, there exists an increasing interest in estimating the average daily intake of biologically important elements through food. Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) is particularly well suited for the simultaneous determinations of major, minor, and trace elements in both individual food items and composite diets. In the present study, emphasis is placed on the development of reliable and rapid INAA methods for measuring concentrations of ten elements of nutritional interest in food samples.
- Research Organization:
- Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, Nova Scotia
- OSTI ID:
- 7076130
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-861102-
- Journal Information:
- Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States), Vol. 53; Conference: American Nuclear Society and Atomic Industrial Forum joint meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 16 Nov 1986
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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