Larger circadian amplitude of heart rate associated with active prayer in Hindu Indians in Asia

World Heart Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-222

  Singh, Ram B ^a   Cornélissen, Germaine ^b   Kumar, Adarsh ^c   Bathina, Srilakshmi ^b   Halberg, Franz ^b  

^a HALBERG HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION;

EID: 77953366135     PISSN: 15564002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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