Feasibility of self-collection of fecal specimens by randomly sampled women for health-related studies of the gut microbiome

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Feigelson, Heather Spencer ^a   Bischoff, Kimberly ^a   Ardini, Mary Anne E ^b   Ravel, Jacques ^c   Gail, Mitchell H ^d   Flores, Roberto ^d   Goedert, James J ^d  

^a Kaiser Permanente Colorado   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Microbiome; Study design

Indexed keywords

AGED; ETHICS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COLORADO; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84898455394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-204     Document Type: Article

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