Potential benefits of probiotics - Main findings of an in-depth review

British Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 110-114

  Weichselbaum, Elisabeth ^a  

^a BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constipation; Diarrhoea; Gut flora; Irritable bowel syndrome; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; NUTRITION POLICY; PROBIOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952478566     PISSN: 14624753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2010.15.3.46897     Document Type: Review

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