The uses of race and ethnicity in human microbiome research

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 165-166

  Fortenberry, J Dennis ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Microbiome; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOME; MOUTH FLORA; NEGRO; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN FLORA; SYMBIOSIS;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; METAGENOME;

EID: 84875866543     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.01.001     Document Type: Note

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