Exercise: the Data on its Role in Health, Mental Health, Disease Prevention, and Productivity

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 803-816

  Diehl, Jason J ^a   Choi, Haemi ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence; Exercise; Health

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN;

ABSENTEEISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COLON CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL HEALTH; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PANIC; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STROKE;

ANXIETY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EFFICIENCY; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 53349171310     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2008.07.014     Document Type: Review

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