Comparison of Collection Methods for Fecal Samples in Microbiome Studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 115-123

  Vogtmann, Emily ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Amir, Amnon ^a   Shi, Jianxin ^a   Abnet, Christian C ^a   Nelson, Heidi ^a   Knight, Rob ^a   Chia, Nicholas ^a   Sinha, Rashmi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Feces; Microbiota; Specimen collection

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; FECES; IMMUNOASSAY; MICROBIOLOGY; SAMPLING;

ADULT; BIOINFORMATICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVALUATION STUDY; FECAL IMMUNOCHEMICAL TEST; FECES; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROBIOME; MICROFLORA; NO ADDITIVE FECAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RNA LATER FECAL TEST; SPECIMEN HANDLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE;

MINNESOTA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; ROCHESTER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOTA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85018311014     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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