Probiotics - Industry Myth or a Practical Reality?

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 691S-694S

  Clancy, Robert L ^a   Pang, Gerald ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 40749110258     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2007.10719649     Document Type: Article

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