Fish oil in various doses or flax oil in pregnancy and timing of spontaneous delivery: A randomised controlled trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 536-543

  Knudsen, V K ^a   Hansen, H S ^b   Osterdal M L ^a   Mikkelsen, T B ^a   Mu, H ^c   Olsen, S F ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Danish National Birth Cohort; Long chain n 3 fatty acids; Pregnancy; Randomised trial

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LINSEED OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR INDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 33645982257     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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