Exercise is medicine, for the body and the brain

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 943-944

  Nagamatsu, Lindsay S ^a   Flicker, Leon ^b   Kramer, Arthur F ^c   Voss, Michelle W ^d   Erickson, Kirk I ^e   Hsu, Chun Liang ^a   Liu Ambrose, Teresa ^a,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d University of Iowa   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g CENTRE FOR HIP HEALTH AND MOBILITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84901592436     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093224     Document Type: Editorial

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