The role of nutrition in brain development

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-194

  Guesry, Pierre ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Brain development; Docosahexaenoic acid; Iron deficiency anemia; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Protein energy malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; IRON; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0032029761     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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