Role of Yoga in Preventing and Controlling Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 88-95

  Sharma, Manoj ^a   Knowlden, Adam P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

glucose control; mellitus; type 2 diabetes; yoga

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858732711     PISSN: 21565872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156587212438899     Document Type: Review

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