Nutrition, brain and environment: How to have smarter babies?

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-220

  Singh, Meharban ^a  

^a Child Care and Dental Health Centre   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; COPPER; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOPAMINE; IRON; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; TYROSINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MYELINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; REVIEW; SEA FOOD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

BRAIN; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0037348149     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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