Tai Chi exercise and the improvement of mental and physical health among college students

Medicine and Sport Science

Volumn 52, Issue , 2008, Pages 135-145

  Wang, Y ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; TAI CHI; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TAI JI; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 49449114370     PISSN: 02545020     EISSN: 16622812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000134294     Document Type: Article

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