Docosahexaenoic Acid for Reading, Cognition and Behavior in Children Aged 7-9 Years: A Randomized, Controlled Trial (The DOLAB Study)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Richardson, Alexandra J ^a   Burton, Jennifer R ^a   Sewell, Richard P ^a   Spreckelsen, Thees F ^a   Montgomery, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; PLACEBO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSLEXIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PARENTS; READING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGAE;

EID: 84866065418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043909     Document Type: Article

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