The psychological benefits of vigorous exercise: A study of discordant MZ twin pairs

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 275-283

  Johnson, Wendy ^a   Krueger, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOOD; OPTIMISM; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TWIN DISCORDANCE; VARIANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ATTITUDE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 34247477245     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.2.275     Document Type: Article

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