Consumption of DHA + EPA by low-income women during pregnancy and lactation

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 445-450

  Nochera, Carmen L ^a   Goossen, Linda H ^a   Brutus, Annette R ^b   Cristales, Miranda ^a   Eastman, Bethany ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kent County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

DHA; EPA; fish consumption; lactation; low income women; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD POISONING; GEOGRAPHY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LACTATION; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RACE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LACTATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960682351     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533611406133     Document Type: Article

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