Gestational age and birth weight in relation to n-3 fatty acids among inuit (Canada)

Lipids

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 617-626

  Lucas, Michel ^a   Dewailly, Éric ^a,b   Muckle, Gina ^a   Ayotte, Pierre ^a   Bruneau, Suzanne ^a   Gingras, Suzanne ^a   Rhainds, Marc ^a   Holub, Bruce J ^c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS; GESTATIONAL AGE; SEAFOODS;

FATTY ACIDS;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LEAD; MERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESKIMO; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; SEA FOOD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INUITS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEAFOOD; STATISTICS;

EID: 8444239708     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-004-1274-7     Document Type: Article

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