Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

http://www.ahrq.gov/

Contract No. 290-02-0021

Prepared by:

University of Ottawa Evidence-based Practice Center at

The University of Ottawa, Ottawa Canada

David Moher, PhD

Director

Investigators:

Gabriela A Lewin, MD

Howard M Schachter, PhD

Doris Yuen, MD

Pradeep Merchant, MD

Vasil Mamaladze, MD

Alexander Tsertsvadze, MD, MSc

Tammy Clifford, PhD

Kader Kourad MD, PhD

David Barnes, MD

Tanya Armour, PhD

Fatemah Yazdi, MSc

JoAnne MacNeil, RN, BScN

Candice McGahern, HRA

Hope Senechal, BSc

Manchun Fang, Msc

Nicholas Barrowman, PhD

Margaret Sampson, MLIS

Andra Morrison, BSc

Dominique Elien

Marc Saint-Martin, BSc

Aarathi Sambasivan

Elizabeth Lowcock, BScH

Yi Pan, MSc

Brigitte Lemyre, MD

AHRQ Publication No. 05-E025-2

August 2005

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This report is based on research conducted by the University of Ottawa Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC), under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD (Contract No. 290-02-0021). The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the authors, who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do not necessarily represent the views of AHRQ. Therefore, no statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Suggested Citation:

Lewin GA, Schachter HM, Yuen D, Merchant P, Mamaladze V, Tsertsvadze A, et al. Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Child and Maternal Health. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 118. (Prepared by the University of Ottawa Evidence-based Practice Center, under Contract No. 290-02-0021.) AHRQ Publication No. 05-E025-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. August 2005.