Exercise: The ultimate medicine

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 351-353

  Morley, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DANCE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; FRAILTY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SARCOPENIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84928697110     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.02.011     Document Type: Editorial

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