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Comment
. 2017 Mar:1:30.
doi: 10.21037/jphe.2017.03.08. Epub 2017 Mar 16.

"Nature versus Nurture" and the indigenous microbiome

Richard A Hickman  1 , Liying Yang  1 , Zhiheng Pei  1   2
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Comment

"Nature versus Nurture" and the indigenous microbiome

Richard A Hickman et al. J Public Health Emerg. 2017 Mar.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: Z Pei is a Staff Physician at the Department of Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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