1 + 1 = 3⋯synbiotics: Combining the power of pre- and probiotics: IFT education division competition winner

Journal of Food Science Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-37

  Scourboutakos, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 73449094232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-4329.2009.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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