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Gut microbiota of healthy Canadian infants: profiles by mode of delivery and infant diet at 4 months
Meghan B. Azad, Theodore Konya, Heather Maughan, David S. Guttman, Catherine J. Field, Radha S. Chari, Malcolm R. Sears, Allan B. Becker, James A. Scott and Anita L. Kozyrskyj; on behalf of the CHILD Study Investigators
CMAJ March 19, 2013 185 (5) 385-394; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.121189
Meghan B. Azad
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Azad, Kozyrskyj), Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences (Field), and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Chari), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Konya, Scott) and the Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function (Maughan, Guttman), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the Department of Medicine (Sears), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Becker), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; and the Manitoba Institute of Child Health (Becker, Kozyrskyj), Winnipeg, Man.
PhDTheodore Konya
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Azad, Kozyrskyj), Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences (Field), and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Chari), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Konya, Scott) and the Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function (Maughan, Guttman), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the Department of Medicine (Sears), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Becker), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; and the Manitoba Institute of Child Health (Becker, Kozyrskyj), Winnipeg, Man.
MPHHeather Maughan
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Azad, Kozyrskyj), Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences (Field), and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Chari), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Konya, Scott) and the Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function (Maughan, Guttman), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the Department of Medicine (Sears), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Becker), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; and the Manitoba Institute of Child Health (Becker, Kozyrskyj), Winnipeg, Man.
PhDDavid S. Guttman
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Azad, Kozyrskyj), Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences (Field), and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Chari), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Konya, Scott) and the Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function (Maughan, Guttman), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the Department of Medicine (Sears), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Becker), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; and the Manitoba Institute of Child Health (Becker, Kozyrskyj), Winnipeg, Man.
PhDCatherine J. Field
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Azad, Kozyrskyj), Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences (Field), and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Chari), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Konya, Scott) and the Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function (Maughan, Guttman), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the Department of Medicine (Sears), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Becker), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; and the Manitoba Institute of Child Health (Becker, Kozyrskyj), Winnipeg, Man.
PhDRadha S. Chari
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Azad, Kozyrskyj), Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences (Field), and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Chari), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Konya, Scott) and the Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function (Maughan, Guttman), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the Department of Medicine (Sears), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Becker), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; and the Manitoba Institute of Child Health (Becker, Kozyrskyj), Winnipeg, Man.
MDMalcolm R. Sears
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Azad, Kozyrskyj), Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences (Field), and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Chari), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Konya, Scott) and the Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function (Maughan, Guttman), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the Department of Medicine (Sears), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Becker), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; and the Manitoba Institute of Child Health (Becker, Kozyrskyj), Winnipeg, Man.
MBAllan B. Becker
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Azad, Kozyrskyj), Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences (Field), and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Chari), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Konya, Scott) and the Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function (Maughan, Guttman), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the Department of Medicine (Sears), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Becker), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; and the Manitoba Institute of Child Health (Becker, Kozyrskyj), Winnipeg, Man.
MDJames A. Scott
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Azad, Kozyrskyj), Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences (Field), and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Chari), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Konya, Scott) and the Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function (Maughan, Guttman), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the Department of Medicine (Sears), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Becker), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; and the Manitoba Institute of Child Health (Becker, Kozyrskyj), Winnipeg, Man.
PhDAnita L. Kozyrskyj
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Azad, Kozyrskyj), Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences (Field), and Obstetrics and Gynecology (Chari), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Konya, Scott) and the Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function (Maughan, Guttman), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; the Department of Medicine (Sears), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (Becker), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; and the Manitoba Institute of Child Health (Becker, Kozyrskyj), Winnipeg, Man.
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Gut microbiota of healthy Canadian infants: profiles by mode of delivery and infant diet at 4 months
Meghan B. Azad, Theodore Konya, Heather Maughan, David S. Guttman, Catherine J. Field, Radha S. Chari, Malcolm R. Sears, Allan B. Becker, James A. Scott, Anita L. Kozyrskyj
CMAJ Mar 2013, 185 (5) 385-394; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.121189
Gut microbiota of healthy Canadian infants: profiles by mode of delivery and infant diet at 4 months
Meghan B. Azad, Theodore Konya, Heather Maughan, David S. Guttman, Catherine J. Field, Radha S. Chari, Malcolm R. Sears, Allan B. Becker, James A. Scott, Anita L. Kozyrskyj
CMAJ Mar 2013, 185 (5) 385-394; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.121189
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