Complementary, holistic, and integrative medicine: Meditation practices for pediatric health

Pediatrics in Review

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Sibinga, Erica M S ^a   Kemper, Kathi J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEISURE; MALE; MEDITATION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TAI CHI; YOGA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE;

EID: 78650199088     PISSN: 01919601     EISSN: 15263347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/pir.31-12-e91     Document Type: Article

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