ω-3 fatty acid intakes are inversely related to elevated depressive symptoms among United States women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1743-1752

  Beydoun, May A ^a   Kuczmarski, Marie T Fanelli ^b   Beydoun, Hind A ^c   Hibbeln, Joseph R ^d   Evans, Michele K ^a   Zonderman, Alan B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; ILLICIT DRUG; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; DIET; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BALTIMORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886861407     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.179119     Document Type: Article

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