Prenatal supplementation with docosahexaenoic acid has no effect on growth through 60 months of age

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1330-1334

  Gonzalez Casanova, Ines ^a   Stein, Aryeh D ^a   Hao, Wei ^a   Garcia Feregrino, Raquel ^b   Barraza Villarreal, Albino ^b   Romieu, Isabelle ^c   Rivera, Juan A ^b   Martorell, Reynaldo ^a   Ramakrishnan, Usha ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Child development; Child growth; Docosahexaenoic acid; Maternal and child health; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Prenatal supplementation

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEXICAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PROGENY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH CURVE; INFANT; MEXICO; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; PRENATAL CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930810248     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.203570     Document Type: Article

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