Associations between vitamin D levels and depressive symptoms in healthy young adult women

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 46-51

  Kerr, David C R ^a   Zava, David T ^b   Piper, Walter T ^c   Saturn, Sarina R ^a   Frei, Balz ^d   Gombart, Adrian F ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZRT Laboratory   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Seasonal affective disorder; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; COLECALCIFEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY MASS; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SYMPTOM; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DIET; PSYCHOLOGY; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DEPRESSION; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEASONS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928764448     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.02.016     Document Type: Article

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