Probiotics, enteric and diarrheal diseases, and global health

Gastroenterology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-14.e9

  Preidis, Geoffrey A ^a,b   Hill, Colin ^c   Guerrant, Richard L ^d   Ramakrishna, B S ^e   Tannock, Gerald W ^f   Versalovic, James ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

CHILD NUTRITION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 78650500306     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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