The effect of under- and overnutrition on essential fatty acid metabolism in childhood

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 541-548

  Decsi, T ^a   Molnar D ^a   Koletzko, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Docosahexaenoic acid; Obesity; Phospholipid fatty acids; Protein energy malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE LIPID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHILDHOOD; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031829073     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600607     Document Type: Article

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