Nutrients and constipation: Cause or cure?

Practical Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Schiller, Lawrence R ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

CONSTIPATION; DIET THERAPY; FIBER; FOOD INTAKE; LOW CALORY DIET; NUTRIENT; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

EID: 43649096998     PISSN: 02774208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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