Gastrointestinal flora and its alterations in critical illness

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 405-411

  Marshall, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 0033183164     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075197-199909000-00009     Document Type: Article

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