Daily tea drinking is associated with a low level of depressive symptoms in the Finnish general population

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 359-363

  Hintikka, Jukka ^a,b   Tolmunen, Tommi ^a   Honkalampi, Kirsi ^a   Haatainen, Kaisa ^a   Koivumaa Honkanen, Heli ^a,b   Tanskanen, Antti ^b   Viinamäki, Heimo ^a,b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Depression; General population; Risk factors; Tea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; TEA;

ADULT; CAFFEINE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEA;

EID: 18844413320     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-005-0148-2     Document Type: Article

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