Long-chain PUFA supplementation in rural African infants: A randomized controlled trial of effects on gut integrity, growth, and cognitive development

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-57

  Van Der Merwe, Liandré F ^a,c   Moore, Sophie E ^a,c   Fulford, Anthony J ^a,c   Halliday, Katherine E ^b   Drammeh, Saikou ^c   Young, Stephen ^d   Prentice, Andrew M ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALGRANULIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LACTULOSE; MANNITOL; OLIVE OIL; OROSOMUCOID;

AFRICA; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENTERITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR CONTROL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; URINALYSIS; WEANING;

BREAST FEEDING; COGNITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FISH OILS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84871983109     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.042267     Document Type: Article

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