Fecal short chain fatty acids in South African Urban Africans and whites

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 732-734

  Segal, I ^a   Hassan, H ^a   Walker, A R P ^a   Becker, P ^b   Braganza, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon diseases, Africans; Fecal pH; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; FAT INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECTUM POLYP; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; CAUCASOID RACE; COLONIC DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; NEGROID RACE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0028785397     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02048031     Document Type: Article

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