Bentonite, bandaids and borborygmi

Elements

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-104

  Williams, Lynda B ^a   Haydel, Shelley E ^b,c   Ferrell Jr , Ray E ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Geophagy; Healing clay; Health; Microbiology; Pelotherapy

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; MEDICINE; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERAL EXPLORATION;

ANTIBACTERIAL; CHEMICAL VARIABILITY; GEOPHAGY; HUMAN PATHOGENS; HYDROTHERMALLY; MODERN TECHNIQUES; PELOTHERAPY; SKIN INFECTION;

BENTONITE;

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CLAY MINERAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; DISEASE CONTROL; GEOPHAGY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGEN; SKIN DISORDER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 67649253128     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.5.2.99     Document Type: Article

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