Vitamin B6 Is Associated with Depressive Symptomatology in Massachusetts Elders

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 421-427

  Merete, Cristina ^a   Tucker, Katherine L ^a   Falcon, Luis M ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B 6 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 58149399629     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2008.10719720     Document Type: Article

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