Dietary folate and depressive symptoms are associated in middle-aged Finnish men

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3233-3236

  Tolmunen, Tommi ^c   Voutilainen, Sari ^c   Hintikka, Jukka ^c   Rissanen, Tiina ^c   Tanskanen, Antti ^c   Viinamäki, Heimo ^c   Kaplan, George A ^a   Salonen, Jukka T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Inner Savo Health Centre   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Depression; Diet; Folate; Folic acid; Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor study

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEPRESSION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ENERGY; FAT INTAKE; FINLAND; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; RATING SCALE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0141751882     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.10.3233     Document Type: Article

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