Dietary tryptophan intake and suicide rate in industrialized nations

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-262

  Voracek, Martin ^a   Tran, Ulrich S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Ecological study; Neurobiology of suicide; Nutrition; Serotonin; Suicide rates; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SUICIDE; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846461703     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.07.019     Document Type: Article

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