Lactobacilli and bifidobacteria in the feces of schoolchildren of two different socioeconomic groups: Children from a favela and children from a private school

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 307-314

  De Mello, Ricardo M P ^a   De Morais, Mauro B ^a,d   Tahan, Soraia ^a,b,c   Melli, Lígia C F L ^c   Do Carmo Rodrigues, Mirian S ^c   Mello, Carolina S ^a   Scaletsky, Isabel C A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro Universitario Fundacao e Instituto de Educacao de Osasco (UNIFIEO)   (Brazil)

^c UNIFIEO   (Brazil)

^d UNIFIEO ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 68949124306     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0021-75572009000400007     Document Type: Article

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