Preliminary evidence for an influence of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on the composition of the gut microbiota and neurodevelopment in three-year-old healthy children

• Main Authors: Wei Zhang (Author), Zhongqing Sun (Author), Qian Zhang (Author), Zhitao Sun (Author), Ya Su (Author), Jiahui Song (Author), Bingling Wang (Author), Ruqin Gao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background During the second and third year after birth the gut microbiota (GM) is subjected to important development. The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure could influence the GM in animal and early postnatal exposure is associated with neurodevelopment disorder in children. T...