Diet–microbiota interactions and personalized nutrition

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2019, Pages 742-753

  Kolodziejczyk, Aleksandra A ^a   Zheng, Danping ^a,b   Elinav, Eran ^a,c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIGESTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE FLORA; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PERSONALIZED NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; INDIVIDUALITY; MICROFLORA; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES;

DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HOST MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MICROBIOTA; PRECISION MEDICINE;

EID: 85074029234     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41579-019-0256-8     Document Type: Review

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