Fish intake during pregnancy and foetal neurodevelopment-A systematic review of the evidence

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2001-2014

  Starling, Phoebe ^a   Charlton, Karen ^a   McMahon, Anne T ^a   Lucas, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Fish; Neurodevelopment; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

IODINE; VITAMIN D; MERCURY;

CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FISH; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PEABODY PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW; RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; COGNITION; DIET; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEA FOOD;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; DIET; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FISHES; HUMANS; MERCURY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEAFOOD;

EID: 84982728150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7032001     Document Type: Review

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