Importance of strain subgroup analysis in probiotic meta-analyses

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 375-376

  McFarland, Lynne V ^a  

^a Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; DIARRHEA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIARRHEA; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84969838822     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114516002026     Document Type: Letter

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