Prenatal docosahexaenoic acid supplementation and infant morbidity: Randomized controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Imhoff Kunsch, Beth ^a   Stein, Aryeh D ^a   Martorell, Reynaldo ^a   Parra Cabrera, Socorro ^b   Romieu, Isabelle ^b   Ramakrishnan, Usha ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

DHA; Infant; Morbidity; Omega 3 fatty acids; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAREGIVER; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NOSE SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SYMPTOM; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

ADULT; COMMON COLD; COUGH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL CARE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052379318     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1386     Document Type: Article

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