Qigong stress reduction in hospital staff

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 939-945

  Griffith, Jay M ^a,d   Hasley, Joseph P ^b   Liu, Hong ^c   Severn, Daniel G ^a   Conner, Latoya H ^b   Adler, Lawrence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QIGONG; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BREATHING EXERCISES; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QI; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55749103067     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0814     Document Type: Article

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