Plasma vitamins A and E and red blood cell fatty acid profile in newborns and their mothers

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 556-559

  Chen, H W ^a   Lii, C K ^a   Ou, C C ^a   Wong, Y C ^a   Kuo, B J ^a   Liu, C H ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Red blood cells; Vitamin A; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; RETINOL; STEARIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DELIVERY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL PLASMA; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TAIWAN; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VENOUS BLOOD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0029814180     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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