Impact of nutrition on serum levels of docosahexaenoic acid among Omani children with autism

Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1142-1146

  Al Farsi, Yahya M ^a   Waly, Mostafa I ^a,b   Deth, Richard C ^c   Al Sharbati, Marwan M ^a   Al Shafaee, Mohammed ^a   Al Farsi, Omar ^a   Al Khaduri, Maha M ^a   Al Adawi, Samir ^a   Hodgson, Nathaniel W ^c   Gupta, Ishita ^a   Ouhtit, Allal ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Diet; Docosahexaenoic acid; Omani children

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; OMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84881375863     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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