Colonic fermentation - More than meets the nose

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 753-756

  Arasaradnam, R P ^a,b   Pharaoh, M W ^c   Williams, G J ^c   Nwokolo, C U ^b   Bardhan, K D ^a,d   Kumar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d ROTHERHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; COLITIS; COLON DISEASE; COLON FLORA; COLON RADIOGRAPHY; COLON TUMOR; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ENTERITIS; FERMENTATION; GAS; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; IRRITABLE COLON; LIFESTYLE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COLON; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; SMELL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70349739260     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.04.027     Document Type: Article

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