A commentary on 'Exercise and Depression' (Mead et al., 2009): And the verdict is...

Mental Health and Physical Activity

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-99

  Blumenthal, James A ^a   Ong, Lephuong ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Exercise

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

EID: 70449524233     PISSN: 17552966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mhpa.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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