Oily fish and pregnancy

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-251

  Theobald, Hannah ^a  

^a BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DIOXIN; FISH OIL; MERCURY;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOXICITY; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DEATH; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIET RESTRICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MERCURIALISM; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SHARK; TUNA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 0042420370     PISSN: 01419684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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