Prevalence of depression and anxiety in top-level male and female football players

BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Junge, Astrid ^a,b,c   Feddermann Demont, Nina ^b,c,d  

^a Asklepios Medical School Hamburg   (Germany)

^b FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

^c SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mental; Soccer; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997502946     PISSN: 20557647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2015-000087     Document Type: Article

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