Health benefits of meditation: What the newest research shows

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 223-228

  Horowitz, Sala ^a  

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EID: 77955438429     PISSN: 10762809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/act.2010.16402     Document Type: Article

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