What is obesity doing to your gut?

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-3

  Lee, Yeong Yeh ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific; Disease; Gastrointestinal tract; Microbiota; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ASIA; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENTEROPATHY; EPIDEMIC; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GASTRIC CARDIA ADENOCARCINOMA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOST; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MICROBIOME; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PANCREAS CANCER; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA;

EID: 84928748312     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: 21804303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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