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In the absence of well-informed science, people intuitively associate breath odors with the digestive system. Perhaps, the stomach odors that arise transiently during eructation (burping) lead many to assume that breath odor may originate in the stomach. Looking into old medical texts on this topic (Howe 1898; Shifman et al. 2002), in which indigestion, constipation, and dyspepsia are considered prime causes of breath odors, further illustrates this point. Even nowadays, patients complaining of breath odors to their physicians or dentists are often referred to the gastroenterologist (Delanghe et al. 1996).
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Sterer, N., Rosenberg, M. (2011). Breath Odors and the Gastrointestinal Tract. In: Breath Odors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19312-5_6
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