Testing Causality in the Association Between Regular Exercise and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression

De Moor, Marleen H. M., Boomsma, Dorret I., Stubbe, Janine H., Willemsen, Gonneke, de Geus, Eco J. C.·2008·Archives of General Psychiatry
DOI 10.1001/archpsyc.65.8.897

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