Nutrition
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 140-147 , February 2008

Dietary intake of folate, other B vitamins, and ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in relation to depressive symptoms in Japanese adults

  • Kentaro Murakami, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and International Health, Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
    • Nutritional Epidemiology Program, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Tetsuya Mizoue, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and International Health, Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Satoshi Sasaki, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Nutritional Epidemiology Program, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Social and Preventive Epidemiology, School of Public Health, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Masanori Ohta, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Development, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Masao Sato, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Yumi Matsushita, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and International Health, Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Norio Mishima, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Ikemi Memorial Clinic of Mind-Body Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

Received 14 August 2007 ,Accepted 25 October 2007.

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PII: S0899-9007(07)00319-X

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2007.10.013

Nutrition
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 140-147 , February 2008

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