Is coffee a colonic stimulant?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-118

  Rao, Satish S C ^a,b   Welcher, Kimberly ^a   Zimmerman, Bridget ^a   Stumbo, Phyllis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffee; Colonic stimulant

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COFFEE; COLON MOTILITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031890680     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199802000-00003     Document Type: Article

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