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TRACE ELEMENTS [2 records]

Record 1 2006-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
  • Dietetics
DEF

Those mineral salts present in the body, and required in the diet, in small amounts (parts per million): copper, chromium, iodine, manganese, molybdenum, selenium; although required in larger amounts, zinc and iron are sometimes included with the trace minerals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
  • Diététique
OBS

Éléments minéraux, parfois [le terme] est étendu aux vitamines qui sont considérées comme des oligo-éléments organiques.

OBS

oligoéléments : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

oligo-minéraux; oligo-éléments : Bull. c. sur la nutrition, 1967, vol. 6, n° 1, p. VIII.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos nutritivos (Ciencias biológicas)
  • Dietética
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Record 2 1996-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
OBS

de l'eau de mer

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
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