CAM and post-traumatic stress disorder

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-132

  Hankey, Alex ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b Hethe House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ayurveda; Post traumatic stress disorder; Transcendental meditation

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION; VETERAN; WAR;

EID: 33947151521     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel041     Document Type: Review

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