Essential fatty acids as determinants of lipid requirements in infants, children and adults

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Uauy, R ^a,b   Mena, P ^a   Valenzuela, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; ICOSANOID; PROSTANOID;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREAST MILK; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAT INTAKE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OXIDATION; THROMBOCYTE; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VISION;

EID: 0032961552     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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