Relaxation Therapy and High Blood Pressure

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1977, Pages 339-342

  Taylor, C Barr ^a,b   Farquhar, John W ^a   Nelson, Eliot ^a   Agras, Stewart ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYPERTENSION; LEISURE; THERAPY; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION; YOGA;

BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NONDIRECTIVE THERAPY; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0017355194     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1977.01770150097011     Document Type: Article

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