Increased docosahexaenoic acid levels in human newborn infants by administration of sardines and fish oil during pregnancy

Lipids

Volumn 31, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Connor, William E ^a   Lowensohn, Richard ^a   Hatcher, Lauren ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUPEIDAE; MACACA MULATTA;

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FISH OIL;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; FISHES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MACACA MULATTA; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0029912372     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02637073     Document Type: Article

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