Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 11 , Pages 1163-1169 , November 2010

Evaluation of the nutrient-upgraded rodent food bar for rodent spaceflight experiments

  • Gwo-Shing Sun, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Lockheed Martin Space and Science Solutions, Moffett Field, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +650-604-3943; fax: +650-691-9754.
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  • Janet C. Tou, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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  • Kurt Liittschwager, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Lockheed Martin Space and Science Solutions, Moffett Field, California, USA
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  • Anna M. Herrera, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA
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  • Esther L. Hill, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Lockheed Martin Space and Science Solutions, Moffett Field, California, USA
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  • Beverly Girten, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Californian, USA
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  • Debra Reiss-Bubenheim, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Californian, USA
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  • Marilyn Vasques, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Californian, USA

Received 15 June 2009 ,Accepted 26 September 2009.

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PII: S0899-9007(09)00410-9

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.09.018

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 11 , Pages 1163-1169 , November 2010

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