The Effects of Exercise on Stress in Working Women

Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 408-413

  Coulter, Patricia A ^a   Dickman, Kathy ^a   Maradiegue, Ann ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

counseling; effects; exercise; sedentary lifestyle; stress; stressors; women; working mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 66449083073     PISSN: 15554155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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