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Factors affecting fermentation reactions in the large bowel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

G. T. MacFarlane
Affiliation:
MRC Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre, 100 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QL
S. MacFarlane
Affiliation:
MRC Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre, 100 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QL
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Abstract

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Type
Symposium on ‘The digestive tract in nutritional adaptation’
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1993

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