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Whereas food has always received much attention in conversation, commerce, and the literature, the subject of feces has been comparatively neglected. To fill this lacuna, a small book on comparative coprology was recently published (Lewin 1999). The present article aims to supplement this book with a review of overlooked or new items relating to biological and medical aspects of coprology, notably chemical and microbial components of human and animal feces, their uses as fertilizers, and a few other sociological impacts.
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0202, USA. rlewin@ucsd.edu
D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D003672:Defecation; D004068:Digestive System Physiological Phenomena; D004435:Eating; D005243:Feces; D064106:Human Coprophagia; D006801:Humans
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