Anxiety and heart rate under psychological stress: The effects of exercise-training

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 321-337

  Calvo, Manuel G ^a   Szabo, Attila ^b   Capafons, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Exercise; Heart rate; Stress; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030366847     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615809608249409     Document Type: Article

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