Choline in anxiety and depression: The Hordaland Health Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1056-1060

  Bjelland, Ingvar ^a,b   Tell, Grethe S ^b   Vollset, Stein E ^b   Konstantinova, Svetlana ^b   Ueland, Per M ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; ANXIETY; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ANXIETY; CHOLINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY;

EID: 70349786830     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27493     Document Type: Article

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