Outcomes for Mothers and Their Babies: Do n-3 Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Seafoods Make a Difference?

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1622-1626

  Makrides, Maria ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDIBLE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; SAFETY; SEA FOOD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BRAIN; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; SEAFOOD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52149088358     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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