N-3 long-chain PUFAs reduce respiratory morbidity caused by iron supplementation in iron-deficient South African schoolchildren: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled intervention

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 668-679

  Malan, Linda ^a   Baumgartner, Jeannine ^a   Calder, Philip C ^b,c,d   Zimmermann, Michael B ^e   Smuts, Cornelius M ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Iron; Morbidity; N 3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Randomized controlled trial; Schoolchildren; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IRON; PLACEBO; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; IRON INTAKE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON THERAPY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICAN; SUPPLEMENTATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFICIENCY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; HEADACHE; HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SCHOOL; SOUTH AFRICA; THERAPEUTIC USE;

ABSENTEEISM; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CELL MEMBRANE; CHILD; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IRON, DIETARY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84928436454     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.081208     Document Type: Article

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