Fish intake of Swedish male adolescents is a predictor of cognitive performance

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 555-560

  Åberg, Maria A I ^a   Åberg, Nils ^a   Brisman, Jonas ^b   Sundberg, Rosita ^a   Winkvist, Anna ^a   Torén, Kjell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cognition; Diet; Fish products; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; COGNITION; DIET; FISHES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAFOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 59149105561     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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