Probiotics: Assessing health professionals' knowledge and understanding

Gastrointestinal Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 26-33

  Johnson, Naomi ^a   Thomas, Linda ^a   Jordan, Deirdre ^b  

^a Yakult UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b Yakult Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Evidence based nursing; Gastrointestinal disorders; Information seeking behaviour; Microbiota; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960414464     PISSN: 14795248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/gasn.2016.14.1.26     Document Type: Article

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