| Description |
1 online resource (1 PDF file (xii, 106 pages)) : illustrations. |
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text file |
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Consensus study report
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Consensus study report.
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| Note |
"A consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
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 human microbiome could be affected by environmental chemicals or could modulate exposure to environmental chemicals. Environmental Chemicals, the Human Microbiome, and Health Risk presents a research strategy to improve our understanding of the interactions between environmental chemicals and the human microbiome and the implications of those interactions for human health risk. This report identifies barriers to such research and opportunities for collaboration, highlights key aspects of the human microbiome and its relation to health, describes potential interactions between environmental chemicals and the human microbiome, reviews the risk-assessment framework and reasons for incorporating chemical-microbiome interactions. |
| Funding |
This project was supported by Contract EP-C-14-005, TO#0012 between the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the US Environmental Protection Agency, and Contract HHSN263201200074I, TO#HHSN26300097, US Department of Health and Human Services. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Microbiome variation -- Characterizing interactions between the human microbiome and environmental chemicals -- Current methods for studying the human microbiome -- Risk assessment: incorporating chemical-microbiome interactions -- Research strategy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pollutants -- Health aspects.
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Pollutants -- Health aspects. |
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Pollutants. |
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Chemicals -- Health aspects.
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Chemicals -- Health aspects. |
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Chemicals. |
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Microbial ecology.
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Microbial ecology. |
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Pollutants -- Risk assessment.
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Risk assessment. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Technical reports.
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Technical reports.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Committee on Advancing Understanding of the Implications of Environmental-chemical Interactions with the Human Microbiome. Environmental chemicals, the human microbiome, and health risk : a research strategy. Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, ©2018 xii, 109 pages 9780309468695 |
| ISBN |
9780309468695 |
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0309468698 |
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9780309468701 |
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0309468701 |
| Standard No. |
10.17226/24960 |
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