Fatty acids intake and depressive symptomatology in a greek sample: An epidemiological analysis

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 586-594

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a   Mamplekou, Efterpi ^b   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Kalogeropoulos, Nick ^a   Kastorini, Christina Maria ^a,b   Papageorgiou, Charalambos ^b   Papadimitriou, George N ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Depression; Eating; Epidemiology; Fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF-RATING DEPRESSION SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; LINOLEIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054054370     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2010.10719897     Document Type: Article

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