Development of faecal short-chain fatty acid pattern during the first year of life in Estonian and Swedish infants

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-12

  Norin, Elisabeth ^a   Midtvedt, Tore ^b   Björkstén, Bengt ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergy; Children; Intestinal flora; Microflora associated characteristics; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

FECES LIPID; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; ESTONIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES LEVEL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 2442594932     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600410026364     Document Type: Article

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