Is docosahexaenoic acid a red herring for the aquatic diet? - Comments by Milligan and Bazinet

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1023-1024

  Miligan, Lauren A ^a   Bazinet, Richard P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; IODINATION; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SEA FOOD;

BRAIN; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; SEAFOOD;

CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 34147185328     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507669232     Document Type: Note

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