Effect of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in infant formula on problem solving at 10 months of age

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9129, 1998, Pages 688-691

  Willatts, P ^a,b   Forsyth, J S ^a   Dimodugno, M K ^a   Varma, S ^a   Colvin, M ^a  

^a Departments of Psychology

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032578282     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11374-5     Document Type: Article

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