Physical Activity: Depression, Anxiety, Physical Activity, and Cardiovascular Disease: What's the Connection?

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-180

  Zoeller, Robert F ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; cardiovascular disease; coronary artery disease; depression; physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990381026     PISSN: 15598276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1559827607300518     Document Type: Article

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