Breastfeeding and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid intake in the first 4 post-natal months and infant cognitive development: An observational study

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 471-482

  Keim, Sarah A ^a,c   Daniels, Julie L ^a   Siega Riz, Anna Maria ^a,b   Herring, Amy H ^a,b   Dole, Nancy ^b   Scheidt, Peter C ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Breast milk; Breastfeeding.; Docosahexaenoic acid; Infant feeding; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 84865739241     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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