%0 Journal Article %T Determinaci¨®n del contenido de zinc en arroz y otros agroproductos por fluorescencia de rayos X %A Alp¨ªzar %A Otoniel Denis %A D¨ªaz Rizo %A Oscar %J Nucleus %D 2009 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X abstract the zn content in foodstuffs (rice, some vegetables and roots) regularly consumed in cuba is reported. concentrations are determined by x-ray fluorescence analysis using a set of organic standards doped with zn. the accuracy of the analytical procedure was validated using the certified reference materials aiea 393 and mab3/ tm. the obtained results show rice as the major zn bioaccumulator of the studied agriproducts and the main zn source of human consumption in cuba. %K zinc %K food %K x-ray fluorescence analysis %K diet %K cuba. %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0864-084X2009000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en