Prenatal fatty acid status and child adiposity at age 3 y: Results from a US pregnancy cohort

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 780-788

  Donahue, Sara M A ^a   Rifas Shiman, Sheryl L ^a   Gold, Diane R ^b   Jouni, Zeina E ^c   Gillman, Matthew W ^a,d   Oken, Emily ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Mead Johnson Nutritionals   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953180011     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.005801     Document Type: Article

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