Does eating oily fish improve gestational and neonatal outcomes? Findings from a Sicilian study

Women and Birth

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2016, Pages e50-e57

  Le Donne, Maria ^a   Alibrandi, Angela ^b   Vita, Roberto ^a   Zanghì, Delia ^a   Triolo, Onofrio ^a   Benvenga, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA); Fetal growth; Fish; Omega 3 fatty acid; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHELLFISH; THROMBOPHILIA; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SEA FOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SEAFOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961838425     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2015.12.005     Document Type: Article

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