Docosahexaenoic acid status at 9 months is inversely associated with communicative skills in 3-year-old girls

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 499-510

  Engel, Sara ^a   Tronhjem, Kathrine Marie Hagerup ^a   Hellgren, Lars I ^b   Michaelsen, Kim F ^a   Lauritzen, Lotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain development; Cohort study; Communication; Infant nutrition; N 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ADULT; AGES AND STAGES QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; CHILD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDY; COMMUNICATION; INFANT NUTRITION; N-3 FATTY ACIDS;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; DENMARK; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROGENESIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84883823414     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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