Physical activity and common mental disorders

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 357-364

  Harvey, Samuel B ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Øverland, Simon ^b   Mykletun, Arnstein ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PULSE RATE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; VAGUS TONE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECREATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78249278520     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.075176     Document Type: Article

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