Dietary Fiber: Fact and fiction

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-58

  Bennett, William G ^a   Cerda, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diet; Dietary fiber; Nutrition; Prevention; Therapy

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; COLON DISEASE; DIETARY FIBER; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

COLONIC DISEASES; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY INTAKE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029691861     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: 14219875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000171538     Document Type: Article

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