Importance of arachidonic acid in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid-supplemented infant formula [1]

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1353-1354

  Kuratko, Connye ^a   Arterburn, Linda ^a   Hoffman, James P ^a   Nelson, Edward B ^a  

^a Martek Biosciences Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH; INFANT; NEWBORN; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 33644679346     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/82.6.1353     Document Type: Letter

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