The prebiotic effect: Review of experimental and human data

Handbook of Prebiotics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 69-92

  Kolida, Sofia ^a   Gibson, Glenn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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