Maternal supplementation with docosahexaenoic acid during pregnancy does not affect early visual development in the infant: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1293-1299

  Smithers, Lisa G ^a,b,c,d   Gibson, Robert A ^a,b,d   Makrides, Maria ^a,b,d  

^a CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; PRIMROSE OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL SMOKING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SMOKING; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956331202     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.009647     Document Type: Article

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