Low breast milk levels of long-chain n-3 fatty acids in allergic women, despite frequent fish intake

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 505-515

  Johansson, S ^a   Wold, A E ^b   Sandberg, A S ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopic eczema; Atopy; Breast milk; DHA; EPA; Fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MILK, HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79952605987     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03678.x     Document Type: Article

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