Maternal fish and other seafood intakes during pregnancy and child neurodevelopment at age 4 years

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1702-1710

  Mendez, Michelle A ^a,b   Torrent, Maties ^c   Julvez, Jordi ^a   Ribas Fit́, Nuria ^a   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b   Sunyer, Jordi ^a,b,d  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c IB SALUT ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Child development; Diet; Fish; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEA FOOD; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APTITUDE TESTS; BRAIN; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET SURVEYS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MOTOR SKILLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAFOOD; SPAIN;

EID: 75149139515     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003947     Document Type: Article

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