Environmental Chemicals, the Human Microbiome, and Health Risk: A Research Strategy

by Committee on Advancing Understanding of the Implications of Environmental-Chemical Interactions with, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Board on Life Sciences, et al.

A great number of diverse microorganisms inhabit the human body and are collectively referred to as the human microbiome. Until recently, the role of the human microbiome in maintaining human health was not fully appreciated. Today, however, research is beginning to elucidate associations between perturbations in the human microbiome and human disease and the factors that might be responsible for the perturbations. Studies have indicated that the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309468698
• ISBN13: 9780309468695
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 122 Pages