Depressive symptoms are associated with food insufficiency and nutritional deficiencies in poor community-dwelling elderly people

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-8

  German, Larissa ^a   Kahana, C ^a   Rosenfeld, V ^b   Zabrowsky, I ^c   Wiezer, Z ^d   Fraser, D ^a   Shahar, D R ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services   (Israel)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; elderly; food insufficiency; polyunsaturated fatty acids; vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 85027958539     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-011-0005-9     Document Type: Article

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