The association of fatty acid deficiency symptoms (FADS) with actual essential fatty acid status in cheek cells

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Kirby, A ^a   Woodward, A ^a   Jackson, S ^a   Wang, Y ^b   Crawford, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Buccal cells; Children; Fatty acid deficiency symptoms; Omega 3

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHEEK; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHEEK; CHILD; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM DISORDERS; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 77953534422     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2010.02.035     Document Type: Article

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