Arachidonic acid to eicosapentaenoic acid ratio in blood correlates positively with clinical symptoms of depression

Lipids

Volumn 31, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Adams, Peter B ^a   Lawson, Sheryl ^a   Sanigorski, Andrew ^b   Sinclair, Andrew J ^c  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

EID: 0001467343     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02637069     Document Type: Article

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