Dietary lipids and geriatric depression scale score among elders: The EPIC-Greece cohort

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 763-769

  Kyrozis, A ^a   Psaltopoulou, T ^b   Stathopoulos, P ^c   Trichopoulos, D ^c,d   Vassilopoulos, D ^a   Trichopoulou, A ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Depression; Diet; Elderly; EPIC; GDS; Greece; Lipids

Indexed keywords

MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREECE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 64249114482     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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