Zinc in depression: A meta-analysis

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 872-878

  Swardfager, Walter ^a   Herrmann, Nathan ^a   Mazereeuw, Graham ^a   Goldberger, Kyle ^a   Harimoto, Tetsuhiro ^a   Lanctôt, Krista L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; depressive symptoms; major depressive disorder; micronutrient; trace metal; zinc

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CUMULATED INDEX TO NURSING; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; FACTUAL DATABASE; META ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; ZINC;

EID: 84888045691     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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