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Probiotics and colorectal cancer risk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Ian Rowland
Affiliation:
Northern Ireland Centre for Food and HealthSchool of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of UlsterColeraine BT52 1SAUKi.rowland@ulster.ac.uk
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2004

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