Fish oil supplementation during lactation: Effects on cognition and behavior at 7 years of age

Lipids

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 637-645

  Cheatham, Carol L ^a   Nerhammer, Anne Sofie ^b   Asserhøj, Marie ^b   Michaelsen, Kim F ^b   Lauritzen, Lotte ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognition; Executive function; Intervention; n 3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Programming

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FISH OIL; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONALITY; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LACTATION; LIPID DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STROOP TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTHERS; PLANT OILS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79959878001     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: 15589307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-011-3557-x     Document Type: Article

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