1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910697512303321

Autore

Stagnitti Marie N

Titolo

Chronic conditions and outpatient prescription medicines for persons 18 and older in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population, 1987 and 2001 [[electronic resource] /] / Marie N. Stagnitti and Mamatha Pancholi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Rockville, Md.] : , : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, , [2004]

Descrizione fisica

5 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Statistical brief ; ; #58

Altri autori (Persone)

PancholiMamatha

Soggetti

Drugs - Prescribing

Drugs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 26, 2008).

"December 2004."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This Statistical Brief compares data from 1987 and 2001 on the use of prescribed medicines in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population (community) age 18 and older (adult) population as part of the treatment for specific chronic conditions.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019644203321

Autore

Gibson G. R

Titolo

Prebiotics : development & application / / G.R. Gibson and R.A. Rastall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2006

ISBN

9786610448784

9781280448782

1280448784

9780470023150

0470023155

9780470023143

0470023147

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RastallR. A

Disciplina

616.9/201

Soggetti

Prebiotics

Bacteria - Health aspects

Colon (Anatomy) - Microbiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prebiotics: Development & Application; Contents; List of Contributors; 1 Human Colonic Microbiology and the Role of Dietary Intervention: Introduction to Prebiotics; 2 Manufacture of Prebiotic Oligosaccharides; 3 Inulin-type Fructans as Prebiotics; 4 Galacto-oligosaccharides as Prebiotics; 5 Emerging Prebiotic Carbohydrates; 6 Molecular Microbial Ecology of the Human Gut; 7 Dietary Intervention for Improving Human Health: Acute Disorders; 8 Dietary Intervention for Improving Human Health: Chronic Disorders; 9 Extra Intestinal Effects of Prebiotics and Probiotics

10 Prebiotic Impacts on Companion Animals11 Prebiotics: Past, Present and Future; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The prebiotic concept works on the basis that many potentially health-promoting microorganisms are already present in humans. Prebiotics are non-digestible food ingredients that stimulate activity in targeted microorganisms, to improve the health of the individual. Prebiotics can



be incorporated into many foodstuffs such as beverages, health and sports drinks, infant formulae, cereals, bread, savoury products and so forth, and are receiving much commercial interest. Prebiotics: Development and Application is the first book to consolidate research in this emerging area of 'functional f