Correction: The feasibility and impact of delivering a mind-body intervention in a virtual world (PLoS ONE (2013) 7:3 (e33843) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033843);The feasibility and impact of delivering a mind-body intervention in a virtual world

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Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Hoch, Daniel B ^a,c,d   Watson, Alice J ^c   Linton, Deborah A ^f   Bello, Heather E ^e   Senelly, Marco ^g   Milik, Mariola T ^a   Baim, Margaret A ^a,d   Jethwani, Kamal ^b,c,d   Fricchione, Gregory L ^a,c,d   Benson, Herbert ^a,d   Kvedar, Joseph C ^b,c,d  

^a Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine   (United States)

^b PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Health 20   (United States)

^g OneVision Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PILOT STUDY; RATING SCALE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; VIRTUAL REALITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNET;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859079536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172863     Document Type: Erratum

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