Prevalence of thiamin and riboflavin deficiency among the elderly in Taiwan

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-243

  Feili, Lo Yang ^a,c   Liao, Pei Chun ^a   Chen, Yung Ying ^a   Wang, Jui Line ^b   Shaw, Ning Sing ^b  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (1999 2000); Nutritional assessment; Riboflavin status; Taiwan; Thiamin status

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444482678     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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