The efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids for depressive symptoms among pregnant women in Japan and Taiwan: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (SYNCHRO; NCT01948596)

Daisuke Nishi; Kuan Pin Su; Kentaro Usuda; Jane Pei-Chen Chang; Yi Ju Chiang; Hui Ting Chen; Yu Chuan Chien; Tai Wei Guu; Emi Okazaki; Kei Hamazaki; Ryoko Susukida; Naoki Nakaya; Toshimasa Sone; Yo Sano; Hiroe Ito; Keiichi Isaka; Yoshiyuki Tachibana; Shinji Tanigaki; Tomo Suzuki; Kenji Hashimoto; Tomohito Hamazaki; Yutaka J. Matsuoka

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The efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids for depressive symptoms among pregnant women in Japan and Taiwan: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (SYNCHRO; NCT01948596)

Daisuke Nishi, Kuan Pin Su, Kentaro Usuda, Jane Pei-Chen Chang, Yi Ju Chiang, Hui Ting Chen, Yu Chuan Chien, Tai Wei Guu, Emi Okazaki, Kei Hamazaki, Ryoko Susukida, Naoki Nakaya, Toshimasa Sone, Yo Sano, Hiroe Ito, Keiichi Isaka, Yoshiyuki Tachibana, Shinji Tanigaki, Tomo Suzuki, Kenji HashimotoTomohito Hamazaki, Yutaka J. Matsuoka

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	122-124
Number of pages	3
Journal	Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
Volume	88
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000495296
State	Published - Apr 1 2019

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Nishi, D., Su, K. P., Usuda, K., Pei-Chen Chang, J., Chiang, Y. J., Chen, H. T., Chien, Y. C., Guu, T. W., Okazaki, E., Hamazaki, K., Susukida, R., Nakaya, N., Sone, T., Sano, Y., Ito, H., Isaka, K., Tachibana, Y., Tanigaki, S., Suzuki, T., ... Matsuoka, Y. J. (2019). The efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids for depressive symptoms among pregnant women in Japan and Taiwan: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (SYNCHRO; NCT01948596). Psychotherapy and psychosomatics, 88(2), 122-124. https://doi.org/10.1159/000495296

The efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids for depressive symptoms among pregnant women in Japan and Taiwan: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (SYNCHRO; NCT01948596). / Nishi, Daisuke; Su, Kuan Pin; Usuda, Kentaro et al.
In: Psychotherapy and psychosomatics, Vol. 88, No. 2, 01.04.2019, p. 122-124.

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Nishi, D, Su, KP, Usuda, K, Pei-Chen Chang, J, Chiang, YJ, Chen, HT, Chien, YC, Guu, TW, Okazaki, E, Hamazaki, K, Susukida, R, Nakaya, N, Sone, T, Sano, Y, Ito, H, Isaka, K, Tachibana, Y, Tanigaki, S, Suzuki, T, Hashimoto, K, Hamazaki, T & Matsuoka, YJ 2019, 'The efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids for depressive symptoms among pregnant women in Japan and Taiwan: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (SYNCHRO; NCT01948596)', Psychotherapy and psychosomatics, vol. 88, no. 2, pp. 122-124. https://doi.org/10.1159/000495296

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