Is docosahexaenoic acid necessary in infant formula? Evaluation of high linolenate diets in the neonatal rat

Pediatric Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 687-694

  Woods, James ^a   Ward, Glenn ^b   Salem Jr , Norman ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; RETINA DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0029858805     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199611000-00007     Document Type: Article

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