Colonization of the gastrointestinal tract

Annales Nestle

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 43-54

  Mountzouris, Konstantinos C ^a   Gibson, Glenn R ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 1842659896     PISSN: 05178606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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