Association between tea consumption and depressive symptoms in older Chinese adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2358-2360

  Feng, Lei ^a,b   Li, Jialiang ^c   Kua, Ee Heok ^a   Lee, Tih Shih ^d   Yap, Keng Bee ^e   John Rush, A ^d   Ng, Tze Pin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TEA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SINGAPORE; TEA;

EID: 84871024950     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12011     Document Type: Letter

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