A therapy to live by: Public health, the self and nationalism in the practice of a North Indian yoga society

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 309-335

  Alter, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Nationalism; Public health; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; YOGA;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOGA;

EID: 0031155589     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.1997.9966144     Document Type: Article

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