Antibiotics and obesity - A burgeoning or thinning argument?

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 118-120

  Scott, Frank I ^a   Mamtani, Ronac ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BODY MASS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIET; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; EXERCISE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 85014551597     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.4032     Document Type: Editorial

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