Protecting the infant through nutrition - Are prebiotics the answer?

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-220

  Bye, Natasha ^a  

^a Nutricia Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; YOGHURT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BREAST MILK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EUBACTERIUM; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT NUTRITION; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 4444266896     PISSN: 01419684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-3010.2004.00424.x     Document Type: Review

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