Improving the bowel habits of elderly residents in a nursing home using probiotic fermented milk

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 397-403

  van den Nieuwboer, M ^a   Klomp Hogeterp, A ^b   Verdoorn, S ^b   Metsemakers Brameijer, L ^b   Vriend, T M ^c   Claassen, E ^a,d   Larsen, O F A ^e  

^a ATHENA INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b Talma Hof   (Netherlands)

^c AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Yakult Nederland BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bowel habits; Constipation; Diarrhoea; Elderly; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERMENTED PRODUCT; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MALE; MILK; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PILOT STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERY ELDERLY; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NURSING HOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; DIET; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MALE; MILK; NURSING HOMES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBIOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84931383839     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2014.0113     Document Type: Article

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