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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