Gut microbiota of children living in rural south Thailand and urban Singapore

Allergology International

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-71

  Ka, Weng Mah ^a   Sangsupawanich, Pasuree ^b   Tunyapanit, Wanutsanun ^b   Van Bever, Hugo ^a   Shek, Lynette P ^a   Kaw, Yan Chua ^a   Bee, Wah Lee ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Children; Gut microbiota; Hygiene hypothesis; Rural and urban; South East Asia

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; THAILAND; URBAN AREA;

EID: 40949142397     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.O-07-501     Document Type: Article

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