Probiotics in children: What is the evidence?

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Hojsak, Iva ^a,b,c  

^a Alergologiju I Reumatologiju S Klini kom Imunologijom   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Diarrhea; Infection; Lactobacillus; Saccharomyces

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032261759     PISSN: 22348646     EISSN: 22348840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5223/pghn.2017.20.3.139     Document Type: Review

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