Biological Psychiatry
Volume 56, Issue 7 , Pages 490-496 , 1 October 2004

Suicide attempt and n-3 fatty acid levels in red blood cells: A case control study in china

  • Mingming Huan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Application (MH, KH, MI, SW, TH), Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Natural Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani, Toyama-City, Japan
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  • Kei Hamazaki

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Application (MH, KH, MI, SW, TH), Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Natural Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani, Toyama-City, Japan
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  • Yueji Sun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychology (YS), Dalian Medical University
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  • Miho Itomura

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Application (MH, KH, MI, SW, TH), Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Natural Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani, Toyama-City, Japan
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  • Hongyan Liu

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Department (HL), Dalian Friendship Hospital
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  • Wei Kang

      Affiliations

    • Dalian Blood Component Analysis Center (WK), Dalian-City, Liaoning-Province, China
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  • Shiro Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Application (MH, KH, MI, SW, TH), Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Natural Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani, Toyama-City, Japan
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  • Katsutoshi Terasawa

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital (KT), Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama-City, Japan
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  • Tomohito Hamazaki

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Application (MH, KH, MI, SW, TH), Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Natural Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani, Toyama-City, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Tomohito Hamazaki, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Clinical Application, Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Natural Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama-City, Toyama 930-0194, Japan

Received 19 February 2004 ,Revised 3 June 2004 ,Accepted 25 June 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.06.028

Biological Psychiatry
Volume 56, Issue 7 , Pages 490-496 , 1 October 2004

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