Causal Associations of Physical Activity/Exercise and Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 540-541

  Wolff, Elisabeth ^a   Ströhle, Andreas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANXIETY DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EXERCISE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPTOM; WALKING;

EID: 77951785300     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.44     Document Type: Letter

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