Qigong and Tai Chi: Traditional Chinese Health Promotion Practices in the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease

Complementary and Integrative Therapies for Cardiovascular Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 204-219

  Jahnke, Roger ^a  

^a Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi   (Thailand)

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EID: 22044451775     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-03002-1.50015-X     Document Type: Chapter

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