Red blood cell and plasma phospholipid arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acid levels at birth and cognitive development at 4 years of age

Early Human Development

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 83-90

  Ghys, A ^a   Bakker, E ^a   Hornstra, G ^b   van den Hout, M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AA; Cognitive development; DHA; Neonatal LCPUFA

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CALCULATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EDUCATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036806128     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(02)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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