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Department of Physiological Chemistry, Wayne University College of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
The utilization of the calcium in three foods and one pure chemical compound was studied in adult human subjects. The supplementary calcium consumed ranged from 319 to 795 mg per day. The average per cent utilization of the calcium in evaporated milk was found to be 29.1; in calcium sulfate, 23.7; in soybean "milk," 22.6; whole cooked soybeans, 10.4.
Manuscript received 12 June 1946.