Cognitive function in 18-month-old term infants of the DIAMOND study: A randomized, controlled clinical trial with multiple dietary levels of docosahexaenoic acid

Early Human Development

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-230

  Drover, James R ^a,b   Hoffman, Dennis R ^b,c   Castañeda, Yolanda S ^b   Morale, Sarah E ^b   Garfield, Sharon ^b   Wheaton, Dianna H ^b,c   Birch, Eileen E ^b,c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Docosahexaenoic acid; Infant

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79951769308     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.12.047     Document Type: Article

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