Intakes and breast-milk concentrations of essential fatty acids are low among Bangladeshi women with 24-48-month-old children

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1660-1670

  Yakes, Elizabeth A ^a   Arsenault, Joanne E ^a   Munirul Islam, M ^b   Hossain, Mohammad B ^b   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^b   Bruce German, J ^a   Gillies, Laura A ^a   Rahman, Ahmed Shafiqur ^b   Drake, Christiana ^a   Jamil, Kazi M ^b   Lewis, Bess L ^a   Brown, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Breast feeding; DHA; PUFA

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; LINOLEIC ACID; OIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESHI; BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MACRONUTRIENT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79958766432     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510004964     Document Type: Article

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