Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / W.W. Wong and S.A. Abrams
  • Production of stable isotopes for nutrition-related research / W.W. Wong and S.A. Abrams
  • The measurement of protein kinetics with stable isotope tracers / F. Jahoor
  • Stable isotope studies of mineral metabolism : calcium, magnesium and iron / S.A. Abrams
  • Evaluation of trace mineral status and bioavailability using stable isotopes (zinc, copper, selenium, molybdenum) / N. M. Lowe and C.S. Broome
  • Energy utilization with doubly labelled water (2h218o) / W.W. Wong
  • Body composition measurements with 2h and 18o isotope dilution / W.W. Wong
  • Stable isotopes and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry in studies of glucose metabolism in children / A.L. Sunehag and M.W. Haymond
  • Cholesterol and other lipid metabolism / R.E. Ostlund.