Yoga as an alternative and complementary treatment for cancer: A systematic review

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 870-875

  Sharma, Manoj ^a   Haider, Taj ^b   Knowlden, Adam P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b African Med and Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY DISORDER; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; EWING SARCOMA; FANCONI ANEMIA; FATIGUE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOTTINGHAM HEALTH PROFILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLOVENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; YOGA;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; YOGA;

EID: 84886270575     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2012.0632     Document Type: Review

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