Design of Food Frequency Questionnaire for Assessing Dietary Folate: It's Application to Study Consumption Frequency of Folate-Rich Foods in Ischemic Stroke Patients

Nutritional Sciences Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 210-217

  Lee, Chen Hui ^a,b   Lee, Fan Ying ^a   Wong, Josephine ^a   Tzeng, Min Su ^b   Huang, Rwei Fen S ^b  

^a Municipal Yang Ming Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

24 hour recall; Folate intake; Food frequency questionnaire; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CABBAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CITRUS FRUIT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; PASTA; PLANT LEAF; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SPINACH; SWEET POTATO; TAIWAN; VEGETABLE;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; CITRUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 1242272724     PISSN: 10116958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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