Exercise as a Treatment to Enhance Sleep

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 500-514

  Buman, Matthew P ^a   King, Abby C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

exercise; insomnia; physical activity; review; sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990374550     PISSN: 15598276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1559827610375532     Document Type: Review

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