Effect of sunlight exposure on cognitive function among depressed and non-depressed participants: A REGARDS cross-sectional study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kent, Shia T ^a   McClure, Leslie A ^a   Crosson, William L ^b   Arnett, Donna K ^a   Wadley, Virginia G ^c   Sathiakumar, Nalini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 69049102104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-34     Document Type: Article

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