The effect of wheat bran on various measures of bowel function and regularity

Dietary Fibre: New Frontiers for Food and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 261-281

  Papanikolaou, Y ^a   Fulgoni, V L ^b  

^a Kellogg Canada Inc   (Canada)

^b Nutrition Impact LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel function; Fibre; Regularity; Wheat bran

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899332657     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-692-2     Document Type: Chapter

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