Methane production and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in children living in a slum

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 41, 2012, Pages 5932-5939

  Mello, Carolina Santos ^a,b   Tahan, Soraia ^a   Melli, Lígia Cristina F L ^a,b   Rodrigues, Mirian Silva do Carmo ^a,b   de Mello, Ricardo Martin Pereira ^a   Scaletsky, Isabel Cristina Affonso ^a   de Morais, Mauro Batista ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Center Foundation Institute of Education for Osasco   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial overgrowth; Breath test; Children; Colon; Hydrogen; Methane; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BODY MASS; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMALL INTESTINE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873908272     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i41.5932     Document Type: Article

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