The role of Vitamin D in the prevention of late-life depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 198, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-14

  Okereke, Olivia I ^a,b,c   Singh, Ankura ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

25 Hydroxyvitamin D; Cholecalciferol; Epidemiology; Geriatric; Mood

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; MEDLINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; AFFECT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECTS; LATE ONSET DISORDER; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; LATE ONSET DISORDERS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84961203457     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.03.022     Document Type: Review

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