Probiotics in human health: A current assessment

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1744-1748

  Suvarna, V C ^a   Boby, V U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

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