Identification of gases responsible for the odour of human flatus and evaluation of a device purported to reduce this odour

Gut

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 100-404

  Suarez, F L ^a   Springfield, J ^a   Levitt, M D ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Flatus; Hydrogen sulphide; Odour; Sulphur containing gas

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANETHIOL; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; ZINC ACETATE;

ADSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GAS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; TUBE;

EID: 0031840483     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.43.1.100     Document Type: Article

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