Fish oil supplementation improves docosahexaenoic acid status of malnourished infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 366-369

  Smit, Ella N ^a   Oelen, Esther A ^a   Seerat, Ejaz ^b   Boersma, E Rudy ^a   Muskiet, Frits A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Federal Government Services Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte; Fish oil; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ERYTHROCYTES; FISH OILS; HUMANS; INFANT; NUTRITION DISORDERS;

EID: 0034025850     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.82.5.366     Document Type: Article

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