Effects of prenatal fish-oil and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate supplementation on cognitive development of children at 6.5 y of age

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Campoy, Cristina ^a   Escolano Margarit, María V ^a   Ramos, Rosa ^b   Parrilla Roure, Montserrat ^a   Csábi, Györgyi ^d   Beyer, Jeannette ^e   Ramirez Tortosa, María C ^a   Molloy, Anne M ^c   Decsi, Tamas ^d   Koletzko, Berthold V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; FOLIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELIVERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FEMALE; FISH OILS; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

EID: 82355165130     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.001107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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