A randomised controlled study of the effect of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on stool hardness during formula feeding

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-256

  Forsyth, J S ^a   Varma, S ^a   Colvin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium soaps; Formula feeding; Hard stools; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAT INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID ABSORPTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032765910     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.81.3.253     Document Type: Article

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