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Effects Of X-Ray Induced Achlorhdria On The Utilization Of Dietary Calcium And Iron From Different Salts By Rats, Reid Scott Holbrook
Effects Of X-Ray Induced Achlorhdria On The Utilization Of Dietary Calcium And Iron From Different Salts By Rats, Reid Scott Holbrook
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Dietary calcium has been classified as one of the minerals frequently limiting in the American diet (FAO, 1962) . Bone demineralization has been observed as a result of calcium deficient diets (Salomon et al., 1972), partial gastrectomies (Eddy, 1971) and inadequate hormonal balance (Albright et al., 1948). Although bone demineralization, or osteoporosis, has been attributed to many factors, the interrelationship of gastric acidity and the utilization of dietary calcium may be a key to the etiology of osteoporosis.
Eighty weanling male albino rats were divided into eight groups. All animals had their stomachs exposed through a mid-line incision. Control rats …