Probiotics and prebiotics in the elderly

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 946, 2004, Pages 447-451

  Hamilton Miller, J M T ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; YOGHURT;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALNUTRITION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALNUTRITION; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 4243076298     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.015339     Document Type: Review

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