Relationship between birth weight of newborns and unsaturated fatty acid(n-3) proportions in their blood serum

Physiological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-168

  Mourek, J ^a   Dohnalova A ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Newborns; Unsaturated fatty acidsn 3

Indexed keywords

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINOLEIC ACID; RISK;

EID: 0029978591     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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