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The pig as an experimental model for elucidating the mechanisms governing dietary influence on mineral absorption

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EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 233, Issue 6, Pages 651-664

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.3181/0709-MR-262

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pig; model; human; nutrition; diet

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This review highlights the similarities between pigs and humans and thereby the value of the porcine human nutritional model, and reviews some of the more recent applications of this model for nutritional research.

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