The effect of exercise on mental health

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 202-207

  Dunn, Andrea L ^a   Jewell, Jennifer S ^b  

^a FACSM   (United States)

^b KLEIN BUENDEL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 77956852154     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e3181e7d9af     Document Type: Review

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