Effects of vitamin and mineral supplementation on stress, mild psychiatric symptoms, and mood in nonclinical samples: A meta-analysis

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 144-153

  Long, Sara Jayne ^a   Benton, David ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; minerals; mood; stress; vitamins

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CHOLINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FLUORIDE; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MOLYBDENUM; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINAMIDE; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONFUSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATIGUE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; STRESS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84873992070     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31827d5fbd     Document Type: Article

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