Diet-microbiota-health interactions in older subjects: Implications for healthy aging

Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 141-154

  Lynch, Denise B ^a,b   Jeffery, Ian B ^a,b   Cusack, Siobhan ^a   O'Connor, Eibhlis M ^c   O'Toole, Paul W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DIET; FOOD HABITS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 84925941561     PISSN: 00741132     EISSN: 16623800     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000364976     Document Type: Article

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