Fish Oil N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Selectively Affect Plasma Cytokines and Decrease Illness in Thai Schoolchildren: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Intervention Trial

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 391-395

  Thienprasert, Alice ^a   Samuhaseneetoo, Suched ^a   Popplestone, Kathryn ^b   West, Annette L ^b   Miles, Elizabeth A ^b   Calder, Philip C ^b  

^a SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SOYBEAN OIL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CHILD; CYTOKINES; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STUDENTS; THAILAND; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60249086935     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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