Fish oil supplementation is beneficial on caloric intake, appetite and mid upper arm muscle circumference in children with leukaemia

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 502-510

  Zaid, Zalina Abu ^a   Shahar, Suzana ^b   Jamal, A Rahman A ^c   Yusof, Noor Aini Mohd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Appetite; Caloric intake; Fish oil; Leukaemia; MUAMC

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL;

ARM; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; APPETITE REGULATION; ARM; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH OILS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PATIENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 84871862605     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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