Dietary assessment of arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid intake in 4–7 year-old children

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-15

  Lien, Vanessa W ^a   Clandinin, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Fat; Food records; Polyunsaturated fat; School age

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARBOHYDRATE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IRON; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; RETINOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD NUTRITION; DIETARY INTAKE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; INCOME; MACRONUTRIENT; MINERAL INTAKE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PARENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ALBERTA; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 69449087921     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2009.10719755     Document Type: Article

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