Depression and folate status in the US population

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 80-87

  Morris, Martha Savaria ^a   Fava, Maurizio ^a   Jacques, Paul F ^a   Selhub, Jacob ^a   Rosenberg, Irwin H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Depression; Dysthymicdisorder; Folic acid; Survey

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG ABUSE; DYSTHYMIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037217507     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068692     Document Type: Article

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