A study of Rajyoga meditation on quality of life of patients with fibroadenosis

Journal of Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences University

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 247-252

  Biswas, Dalia ^a   Yeola, Meenakshi ^a   Naik, Anshuman ^a  

^a DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Fibroadenosis; Rajyoga meditation Quality of Life(QOL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875174452     PISSN: 09743901     EISSN: 22501231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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