Levels of omega-3 fatty acid in serum phospholipids and depression in patients with lung cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1329-1333

  Kobayakawa, M ^a,b   Yamawaki, S ^b   Hamazaki, K ^c   Akechi, T ^a,d,e   Inagaki, M ^a,e   Uchitomi, Y ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Major depression; Minor depression; Omega 3 fatty acid; Serum phospholipids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENDER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 28644443767     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602877     Document Type: Article

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