The relationship between physical activity and anxiety and its disorders

Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity and Mental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 105-116

  Utschig, Angela C ^a   Otto, Michael W ^a   Powers, Mark B ^a   Smits, Jasper A J ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203132678-15     Document Type: Chapter

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