Exercise improves physical and psychological quality of life in people with depression: A meta-analysis including the evaluation of control group response

@article{Schuch2016ExerciseIP,
  title={Exercise improves physical and psychological quality of life in people with depression: A meta-analysis including the evaluation of control group response},
  author={Felipe Barreto Schuch and Davy Vancampfort and Simon Rosenbaum and Justin Richards and Philip B. Ward and Brendon Stubbs},
  journal={Psychiatry Research},
  year={2016},
  volume={241},
  pages={47-54}
}
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