Impact of a fitness intervention on medical students

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 630-634

  Morris, Amanda ^a   Do, David ^a   Gottlieb Smith, Rachel ^a   Ng, Julie ^a   Jain, Amit ^a   Wright, Scott ^a   Shochet, Robert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

exercise; medical students; well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BALTIMORE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84871598641     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318273a766     Document Type: Article

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