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The Promise of Exercise Interventions for the Anxiety Disorders

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Anxiety In Health Behaviors And Physical Illness

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Smits, J.A., Berry, A.C., Powers, M.B., Greer, T.L., Otto, M.W. (2008). The Promise of Exercise Interventions for the Anxiety Disorders. In: Anxiety In Health Behaviors And Physical Illness. Series In Anxiety and Related Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74753-8_4

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