Directly quantitated dietary (n-3) fatty acid of pregnant Canadian women are lower than current dietary recommendations

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 206-211

  Denomme, Jennifer ^a,c   Stark, Ken D ^b   Holub, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c GlaxoSmithKline Consum Hlthcare I   (Canada)

Author keywords

(n 3) fatty acids; Dietary intakes; Direct quantitation; Docosahexaenoic acid; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 13244262622     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.2.206     Document Type: Article

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