Serum Folate and Depressive Symptoms Among Japanese Men and Women: A Cross-Sectional and Prospective Study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 349-353

  Nanri, Akiko ^a   Hayabuchi, Hitomi ^b   Ohta, Masanori ^c   Sato, Masao ^d   Mishima, Norio ^e   Mizoue, Tetsuya ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Ikemi Memorial Clinic of Mind Body Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross Sectional Studies; Depressive Symptoms; Folate; Japanese; Prospective Studies

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84872424765     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.04.040     Document Type: Article

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