The Human Microbiome and Child Growth – First 1000 Days and Beyond

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 131-147

  Robertson, Ruairi C ^a   Manges, Amee R ^b,c   Finlay, B Brett ^d   Prendergast, Andrew J ^a,e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST MILK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; CONCEPTION; DIET THERAPY; ENTEROPATHY; HUMAN; INFANCY; INTESTINE FLORA; MALNUTRITION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BACTERIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HOST MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIONS; MALNUTRITION; MICROBIOTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85055284536     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.09.008     Document Type: Review

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