Fatty acids in early development

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 108-115

  Cockburn, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human milk; Infant brain; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006749820     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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