Pop, heavy metal and the blues: Secondary analysis of persistent organic pollutants (POP), heavy metals and depressive symptoms in the NHANES national epidemiological survey

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Berk, Michael ^a,b,c,d,e   Williams, Lana J ^a,e   Andreazza, Ana C ^f,g   Pasco, Julie A ^a,e   Dodd, Seetal ^a,c,e   Jacka, Felice N ^a,e   Moylan, Steven ^a,c   Reiner, Eric J ^h   Magalhaes, Pedro V S ⁱ  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^d FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^h ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

ⁱ HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ETHYL PARABEN; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYBENZONE; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRICLOSAN; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEAVY METAL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 84904470134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005142     Document Type: Article

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