Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 8 , Pages 755-770 , August 2005

Theory-driven n−3 polyunsaturated fatty acid education delivered by written correspondence and problem-based approaches

  • Barbara Lohse

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 814 865 5169; fax: +1 814 865 9046.
    • ,
  • Kimberly Shafer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Nutrition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
    • Kimberly Shafer, PhD, RD, is currently a research nutritionist at the USDA, ARS, Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center in Grand Forks, ND.

Received 12 January 2005 ,Revised 14 July 2005 ,Accepted 5 August 2005.

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☆ This project was completed at the Department of Human Nutrition of the Kansas State University (Manhattan, Kan).

PII: S0271-5317(05)00148-X

doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2005.08.003

Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 8 , Pages 755-770 , August 2005

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