Effects of docosahexaenoic acid supplementation during pregnancy on gestational age and size at birth: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in Mexico

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Ramakrishnan, Usha ^c   Stein, Aryeh D ^c   Parra Cabrera, Socorro ^a   Wang, Meng ^c   Imhoff Kunsch, Beth ^c   Juárez Márquez, Sergio ^b   Rivera, Juan ^a   Martorell, Reynaldo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth size; DHA; Gestational age; Mexico; Omega 3 fatty acids; Pregnancy; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; BODY SIZE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; NEUROLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY;

CUERNAVACA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MORELOS;

ALGAE;

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEXICO; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAVIDITY; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954909342     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/15648265100312s203     Document Type: Article

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