Associations between cod liver oil use and symptoms of depression: The Hordaland Health Study

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 245-249

  Raeder, Maria Baroy ^a,b   Steen, Vidar M ^a,b   Vollset, Stein Emil ^b   Bjelland, Ingvar ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cod liver oil; Depression; Omega 3

Indexed keywords

COD LIVER OIL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COFFEE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COD LIVER OIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; STATISTICS;

EID: 34249940949     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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