Are probiotics a feasible intervention for prevention of diarrhoea in the developing world?

Gut Pathogens

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hajela, Neerja ^a   Nair, Gopinath B ^b   Ganguly, Nirmal K ^c  

^a Yakult Danone India Private Limited   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 84858009748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17574749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-4749-2-10     Document Type: Review

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