Physical exercise: Potential candidate as coping strategy for people with epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-

  Vancini, Rodrigo Luiz ^a,b   de Lira, Claudio Andre Barbosa ^b   Arida, Ricardo Mario ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Federal de Goiás ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMOR; LETTER; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84878577587     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.04.004     Document Type: Letter

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