The effect of dietary fiber on fecal weight and composition

CRC Handbook of Dietary Fiber in Human Nutrition, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 183-252

  Cummings, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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