National survey of yoga practitioners: Mental and physical health benefits

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 313-323

  Ross, Alyson ^a   Friedmann, Erika ^a   Bevans, Margaret ^b   Thomas, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Survey; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GENDER; HAPPINESS; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE; RANDOMIZATION; SLEEP; SMOKING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT; YOGA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; UNITED STATES; YOGA;

EID: 84880577274     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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