Polyunsaturated fatty acids and anthropometric indices of children in rural China

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1100-1107

  Barbarich, B N ^a   Willows, N D ^a   Wang, L ^a   Clandinin, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; VOLUNTEER; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33748432695     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602424     Document Type: Article

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