Environmental toxicant exposure and depressive symptoms

JAMA Network Open

2024-07-03

(Press-News.org) About The Study: The results of this study suggest that many common environmental toxicants are associated with depressive symptoms. This research provides insight into selecting environmental targets for mechanistic research into the causes of depression and facilitating efforts to reduce environmental exposures.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Jing Li, Ph.D., email jing.li@hsc.pku.edu.cn.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.20259)

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