Children Living near a Sanitary Landfill Have Increased Breath Methane and Methanobrevibacter smithii in Their Intestinal Microbiota
This study evaluated the breath CH4 excretion and concentration of M. smithii in intestinal microbiota of schoolchildren from 2 slums. One hundred and eleven children from a slum near a sanitary landfill, 35 children of a slum located away from the sanitary landfill, and 32 children from a high soci...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Archaea |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/576249 |