The association between exercise participation and well-being: A co-twin study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-152

  Stubbe, J H ^a   de Moor, M H M ^a   Boomsma, D I ^a   de Geus, E J C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Causality; Exercise; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Twins; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SIBLING; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33846635591     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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