Environmental toxicants in breast milk of Norwegian mothers and gut bacteria composition and metabolites in their infants at 1 month

Abstract Background Early disruption of the microbial community may influence life-long health. Environmental toxicants can contaminate breast milk and the developing infant gut microbiome is directly exposed. We investigated whether environmental toxicants in breastmilk affect the composition and f...

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Main Authors: Nina Iszatt, Stefan Janssen, Virissa Lenters, Cecilie Dahl, Hein Stigum, Rob Knight, Siddhartha Mandal, Shyamal Peddada, Antonio González, Tore Midtvedt, Merete Eggesbø
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-019-0645-2