Associations between neonatal birth dimensions and maternal essential and trans fatty acid contents during pregnancy and at delivery

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 399-407

  Dirix, Chantal E H ^a   Kester, Arnold D ^a   Hornstra, Gerard ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NUTRI SEARCH ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birth outcome; Maternal long chain PUFA; Maternal trans fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; TRANS FATTY ACID; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; DELIVERY; FAT CONTENT; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANCY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIAL STATUS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; BLOOD; CEPHALOMETRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; LABOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

8,11,14-EICOSATRIENOIC ACID; ADULT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANS FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 66849128242     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508006740     Document Type: Article

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