Green tea consumption is associated with lower psychological distress in a general population: The Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1390-1396

  Hozawa, Atsushi ^a   Kuriyama, Shinichi ^a   Nakaya, Naoki ^a   Ohmori Matsuda, Kaori ^a   Kakizaki, Masako ^a   Sone, Toshimasa ^a   Nagai, Masato ^a   Sugawara, Yumi ^a   Nitta, Akemi ^a   Tomata, Yasutake ^a   Niu, Kaijun ^a   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEA; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEA;

EID: 70350662657     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28214     Document Type: Article

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