Relationship between vitamin D levels and depressive symptoms in older residents from a national survey population

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 608-612

  Stewart, Robert ^a   Hirani, Vasant ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; community sample; depressive disorder; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77957722354     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181e9bf15     Document Type: Article

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