Fish consumption and depression: The Northern Finland 1966 birth cohort study

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 447-452

  Timonen, Markku ^a,b   Horrobin, David ^c   Jokelainen, Jari ^a,d   Laitinen, Jaana ^e   Herva, Anne ^a,d   Räsänen, Pirkko ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Oulu Health Center   (Finland)

^c Laxdale Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Depression; Fish consumption

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FINLAND; FISHES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAFOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 8844286908     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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