Small bowel bacterial overgrowth is not seen in healthy adults but is in disabled older adults

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 53, Issue 67, 2006, Pages 82-85

  Mitsui, Takahiro ^a   Shimaoka, Kiyoshi ^a   Goto, Yumi ^b   Kagami, Hideo ^b   Kinomoto, Hiromasa ^b   Ito, Akira ^b   Rondo, Takaharu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Masuko Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breath hydrogen test; Disabled older adults; Physical activity; Small bowel bacterial overgrowth

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE SURGERY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH SURGERY; UNDERWEIGHT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLIND LOOP SYNDROME; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33344468011     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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