A web questionnaire to determine the advice general practitioners give on probiotics

Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 212-222

  Nichols, John ^a   Grob, Paul ^a   Roche, Natalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Guildford and Waverley Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic diarrhoea; Diverticulitis; GP advice; Probiotic; Web questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLADDER CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTESTINE CANCER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

EID: 33745890587     PISSN: 13590847     EISSN: 13646907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13590840600692980     Document Type: Article

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