Probiotics therapy in acute childhood diarrhoea

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9737, 2010, Pages 233-

  Weizman, Zvi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CHILDHOOD DIARRHEA; ACUTE DIARRHEA; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77955017882     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61143-9     Document Type: Letter

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