Of the bugs that shape us: Maternal obesity, the gut microbiome, and long-term disease risk

Pediatric Research

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-204

  Gohir, Wajiha ^a   Ratcliffe, Elyanne M ^a   Sloboda, Deborah M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL OBESITY; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN; COMPLICATION; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICROBIOTA; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84920617713     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2014.169     Document Type: Review

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