A nutrition researcher would like to determine whether women who take fish oil supplements during pregnancy give birth to babies who score higher on basic intelligence tests when they are 5 years of age than the 5-year old children that were born to women who did not take the fish oil supplements during pregnancy. This kind of research is a(n) ________ study.
A. double-blind
B. in vivo
C. prospective
D. case-control
Answer: C
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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