Is dietary docosahexaenoic acid essential for term infants?

Lipids

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-119

  Makrides, Maria ^a   Neumann, Mark A ^a   Gibson, Robert A ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

BREAST FEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; VISION;

EID: 0030024942     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02522420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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