Sex differences in the relationship of dietary fatty acids to cognitive measures in American children

Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Lassek, William D ^a,b   Gaulin, Steven J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cognition; DHA; Diet; Essential fatty acids; Evolution; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864975614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1663070X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnevo.2011.00005     Document Type: Article

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