Exercise for late-life depression? It depends

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9886, 2013, Pages 4-5

  Steffens, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESISTANCE TRAINING; STAFF TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TAI CHI; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879887958     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60860-0     Document Type: Note

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