Fish consumption and severely depressed mood, findings from the first national nutrition follow-up study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-109

  Li, Yanfeng ^a   Dai, Qi ^b   Ekperi, Linda I ^c   Dehal, Ahmed ^c   Zhang, Jian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3; Depressed mood; Fish; Gender; National survey; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FISH; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD;

EID: 83655201483     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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