Vitamin d supplementation for depressive symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 190-196

  Shaffer, Jonathan A ^a   Edmondson, Donald ^a   Wasson, Lauren Taggart ^a   Falzon, Louise ^a   Homma, Kirsten ^a   Ezeokoli, Nchedcochukwu ^b   Li, Peter ^c   Davidson, Karina W ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Depressive symptoms; Meta analysis; Randomized controlled trials; Systematic review; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VITAMIN;

DEPRESSION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 84898492686     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000044     Document Type: Review

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