Non-Nutritive Supplements: Dietary Fiber

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 155-171

  Bliss, Donna Zimmaro ^a   Jung, Hans Joachim G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-0379-7.50018-8     Document Type: Chapter

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