A critical appraisal of the role of dietary long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids on neural indices of term infants: A randomized, controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 32-38

  Makrides, Maria ^a,b   Neumann, Mark A ^a   Simmer, Karen ^a   Gibson, Robert A ^a,c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Breast milk; Development; Docosahexaenoic acid; Infant formula; Infants; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033982561     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.1.32     Document Type: Article

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