High dietary ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 polyunsaturated acids during pregnancy and prevalence of post-partum depression

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-48

  Da Rocha, Camilla M M ^a   Kac, Gilberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Depression; Omega 3; Post partum; Pregnancy; Schooling

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDINBURGH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION SCALE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83055177147     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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