Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are associated with depression in an adult Norwegian population

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 190, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 221-225

  Kjærgaard, Marie ^a,b   Joakimsen, Ragnar ^a,b   Jorde, Rolf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Epidemiology; Mental health; Norway; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORWAY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 82955195928     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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