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Factors affecting fermentation reactions in the large bowel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

G. T. MacFarlane  and
S. MacFarlane
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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Symposium on ‘The digestive tract in nutritional adaptation’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , August 1993 , pp. 367 - 373
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1993

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