Effect of supplementation with selenium on postpartum depression: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-108

  Mokhber, Naghmeh ^a   Namjoo, Masoud ^a   Tara, Fatemeh ^b   Boskabadi, Hassan ^c   Rayman, Margaret P ^d   Ghayour Mobarhan, Majid ^b,e,f   Sahebkar, Amirhossein ^e   Majdi, Mohammad R ^c   Tavallaie, Shima ^e   Azimi Nezhad, Mohsen ^e   Shakeri, Mohammad T ^b   Nematy, Mohsen ^b   Oladi, Mohammadreza ^e   Mohammadi, Maryam ^b   Ferns, Gordon ^g  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^g KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; postpartum depression; pregnancy; Selenium

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SELENIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; PREGNANCY; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650118274     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.482598     Document Type: Article

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