Physical exercise as strategy in alcohol abuse treatment

Hellenic Journal of Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-145

  Zourbanos, Nikos ^a   Jamurtas, Athanasios ^a,b   Staveri, Elli ^c   Hatzigeorgiadis, Antonis ^a   Theodorakis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND REHABILITATION   (Greece)

^c Psychiatric Hospital of Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Health; Physical exercise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865315641     PISSN: 17901391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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