Why the human microbiome project should motivate epidemiologists to learn ecology

Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 757-759

  Foxman, Betsy ^a   Goldberg, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; MICROFLORA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; METAGENOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77958507448     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181f4e1f9     Document Type: Note

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