Vegetarian diet and mental disorders: results from a representative community survey

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Michalak, Johannes ^a   Zhang, Xiao C ^a   Jacobi, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Psychopathology; Vegetarian diet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861843508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-67     Document Type: Article

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