Low serum cholesterol levels and depressive state in human dock visitors

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 231-234

  Terao, T ^a   Iwata, N ^b   Kanazawa, K ^a   Takano, T ^c   Takahashi, N ^a   Hayashi, T ^c   Sugawara, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Hitachi Health Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cross sectional study; Depressive state

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLESTEROL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0033953672     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2000.101003231.x     Document Type: Article

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