Mind-body, Ki (Qi) and the skin: Commentary on Irwin's 'shingles immunity and health functioning in the elderly: Tai Chi Chih as a behavioral treatment'

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-116

  Kobayashi, Hiromi ^a   Ishii, Masamitsu ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAI CHI; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 25844517599     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/neh071     Document Type: Note

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