Dietary folate and the risk of depression in finnish middle-aged men: A prospective follow-up study

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 334-339

  Tolmunen, Tommi ^a   Hintikka, Jukka ^a   Ruusunen, Anu ^b   Voutilainen, Sari ^b   Tanskanen, Antti ^a   Valkonen, Veli Pekka ^b   Viinamäki, Heimo ^a   Kaplan, George A ^d   Salonen, Jukka T ^b,c,e  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Finland)

^b Research Institute of Public Health   (Finland)

^c Inner Savo Health Centre   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Depression; Diet; Folate; Folic acid; Kuopio ischaemic heart disease risk factor study

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; COBALAMIN; FAT; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY; FAT INTAKE; FINLAND; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIET; FINLAND; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 5644229495     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080385     Document Type: Article

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