Do exercise and fitness buffer against stress among Swiss police and emergency response service officers?

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 286-294

  Gerber, Markus ^a   Kellmann, Michael ^b   Hartmann, Tim ^a   Pühse, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Complaints; Exercise; Fitness; Health; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952921905     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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