Clinical applications for meditation: A review and recommendations

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-29

  Hart, Jane ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AWARENESS; BREATHING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDITATION; PAIN; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SCIENCE; STRESS; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WALKING;

EID: 33847375512     PISSN: 10762809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/act.2006.13104     Document Type: Review

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