Associations between term birth dimensions and prenatal exposure to essential and trans fatty acids

Early Human Development

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 525-530

  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; Neonatal long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Neonatal plasma; Neonatal trans fatty acids; Umbilical arteries; Umbilical vein

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; GROWTH FACTOR; LINOLEIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRANS FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TERM BIRTH; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEIN;

8,11,14-EICOSATRIENOIC ACID; ADULT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; TRANS FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 67749105984     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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