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Bowel Function, Food Intake and the Menstrual Cycle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Amanda L. P. Vlitos  and
G Jill Davies
Amanda L. P. Vlitos
Affiliation:
Nutrition Research Centre, South Bank University, Borough Road, London, SE1 0AA
G Jill Davies
Affiliation:
Nutrition Research Centre, South Bank University, Borough Road, London, SE1 0AA
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 111 - 134
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