A longitudinal study of blood folate levels and depressive symptoms among young women in the Southampton Women's Survey

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 966-972

  Kendrick, T ^a   Dunn, N ^a   Robinson, S ^b   Oestmann, A ^a   Godfrey, K ^b   Cooper, C ^b   Inskip, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FOLIC ACID;

BLOOD; CELL ORGANELLE; HEALTH SURVEY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHAMPTON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54349102812     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.069765     Document Type: Article

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