Are probiotics beneficial for health?

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-5

  Miles, Lisa ^a  

^a BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTAVIRUS; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS;

EID: 33947600709     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: 14673010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-3010.2007.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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