Role of yoga in stress management

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-194

  Parshad, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; OXYGEN;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CIRCULATION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL STRESS; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; YOGA;

HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOGA;

EID: 4143060291     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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