Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 465-475 , May 2005

Dietary profile of folate intake in long-term post-stroke patients

  • Chen-Hui Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Food and Nutrition, Taipei City Hospital, 242 Taiwan
    • ,
  • Josephine Wong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Internal Medicine, Taipei Municipal Yang-Ming Hospital, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Min-Su Tzeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Fu-Jen University, Hsin-Chuang, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Rwei-Fen S. Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Fu-Jen University, Hsin-Chuang, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 29031111; fax: +886 2 29021215.

Received 15 January 2004 ,Revised 11 October 2004 ,Accepted 11 April 2005.

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PII: S0271-5317(05)00079-5

doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2005.04.001

Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 465-475 , May 2005

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