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. 2016 Dec 6;6(12):e975.
doi: 10.1038/tp.2016.243.

The efficacy of fish oil supplements in the treatment of depression: food for thought

J A Bastiaansen  1   2 , M R Munafò  3   4 , K M Appleton  5 , A J Oldehinkel  1
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The efficacy of fish oil supplements in the treatment of depression: food for thought

J A Bastiaansen et al. Transl Psychiatry. .
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Dose–response relationship. Circles represent the effect size of the individual trials scaled by their sample size. The gray circles represent the studies by Nemets et al. and Su et al. (top right), which have the smallest sample sizes and the largest effect sizes. The dose–response relationship is depicted as a solid line for the linear trend based on all trials (r=0.6) and a gray line discarding Nemets et al. and Su et al. (r=0.1). EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid.
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