Low intake of B-vitamins is associated with poor adolescent mental health and behaviour

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 634-638

  Herbison, Carly E ^a   Hickling, Siobhan ^a,b   Allen, Karina L ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Therese A ^a,c   Robinson, Monique ^a,b   Bremner, Alexandra P ^b   Huang, Rae Chi ^d,e   Beilin, Lawrence J ^d   Mori, Trevor A ^d   Oddy, Wendy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; B vitamin; Behaviour; BMI; Externalising; FFQ; Internalising; Kcal; Mental health; Nutrition; Vitamin; YSR

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84872409503     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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