Characterization of the gut microbiome in epidemiologic studies: the multiethnic cohort experience

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 373-379

  Fu, Benjamin C ^a,b   Randolph, Timothy W ^a   Lim, Unhee ^c   Monroe, Kristine R ^d   Cheng, Iona ^e,f   Wilkens, Lynne R ^c   Le Marchand, Loïc ^c   Hullar, Meredith A J ^a   Lampe, Johanna W ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Cancer Prevention Institute of California   (United States)

^f STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gut bacteria; Microbiome; Multiethnic Cohort; Stool

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA EXTRACTION; STATISTICAL BIAS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

BACTERIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLING STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84962130461     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2016.02.009     Document Type: Review

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