Vitamin D and depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing studies with and without biological flaws

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1501-1518

  Spedding, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

25OHD; Biological plausibility; Depression; Meta analysis; Systematic review; Vitamin D supplementation

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; FLUOXETINE; VITAMIN D;

DEPRESSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION;

DEPRESSION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84899093905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6041501     Document Type: Review

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