Is fiber the answer to constipation problems in the elderly? A review of literature.

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• Publication year

  1978

• Venue

  International Journal of Nursing Studies

• Publication date

  Unknown publication date

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/0020-7489(78)90022-6PMID 98467
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