'I feel totally at one, totally alive and totally happy': A psycho-social explanation of the physical activity and mental health relationship

Health Education Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 600-611

  Crone, D ^a   Smith, A ^b   Gough, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 24044469691     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyh007     Document Type: Article

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