Investigators' perspectives on translating human microbiome research into clinical practice

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 127-133

  Slashinski, M J ^a   Whitney, S N ^a   Achenbaum, L S ^a   Keitel, W A ^a   McCurdy, S A ^b   McGuire, A L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical genomics; Human microbiome; Translational genomic research

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MISUSE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ARTICLE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84928207692     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: 16628063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350308     Document Type: Review

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