Intestinal microbiota during early life - Impact on health and disease

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 457-469

  Nylund, Lotta ^a,b   Satokari, Reetta ^a,b   Salminen, Seppo ^a   De Vos, Willem M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergy and atopic diseases; Antibiotics; Biomarker bacteria; Colic; Human milk oligosaccharides; Microbiota development; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ATOPY; BREAST MILK; CELIAC DISEASE; COLIC; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIET; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SYMPOSIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INTESTINE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INTESTINES; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROBIOTA; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84927913565     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665114000627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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