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Original Article

Short-Chain Fatty Acid and Organic Acid Concentrations in Feces of 10 Human Volunteers and Their Correlation with Anaerobe Cultural Counts over a 15-Month Period

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Pages 1276-1280 | Received 20 Jun 1989, Accepted 28 Jun 1989, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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