Tobacco smoking as a risk factor for depression. A 26-year population-based follow-up study

Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Mikael Bay von Scholten, Esben Meulengracht Flachs, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Eva Prescott, Janne Schurmann Tolstrup

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Abstract

A key question regarding the documented association between smoking and depression is whether it reflects a causal influence of smoking on depression; however, only a limited number of longitudinal studies exist in the literature, all of which have relatively short time frames. The purpose was to prospectively assess the risk of depression according to daily tobacco consumption in a Danish longitudinal study.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Psychiatric Research
Volume45
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)143-9
Number of pages7
ISSN0022-3956
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2011

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