JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 365-367 , July 2009

Probiotics and the Nursing Home: Should We Give Bacteria for Breakfast?

  • John E. Morley, MB, BCh

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to John E. Morley, MB, BCh, Division of Geriatric Medicine Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S. Grand Boulevard, M238, St. Louis, MO 63104.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.04.009

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 365-367 , July 2009

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