Blood pressure response to transcendental meditation: A meta-analysis

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 310-316

  Anderson, James W ^a   Liu, Chunxu ^b   Kryscio, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40049106988     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2007.65     Document Type: Article

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