Short communication: The effect of a one-hour Eastern stress management session on salivary cortisol

Stress and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-49

  Chan, Cecilia L W ^a   Tso, Ivy F ^a   Ho, Rainbow T H ^a   Ng, S M ^a   Chan, Celia H Y ^a   Chan, Juliana C N ^b   Lai, Julian C L ^c   Evans, Phil D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eastern; Mind body medicine; Relaxation; Salivary cortisol; Stress management

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; JOB STRESS; LEISURE; MALE; MEDITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS; TAI CHI;

EID: 33644752024     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1075     Document Type: Article

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