Survey on utility of yoga as an alternative therapy for occupational hazards among dental practioners

Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 149-152

  Ramamoorthy, Ananthalakshmi ^a   Jeevakarunyam, Sathiya Jeeva ^a   Janardhanan, Sunitha ^a   Jeddy, Nadeem ^a   Vasan, Srikaanth Aranmanai ^a   Raja, Arundayanadhi ^a   Ikram, Parvez ^a  

^a Thai Moogambigai Dental College   (India)

Author keywords

Dentists; musculoskeletal pain; occupational hazards; stress; yoga

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921501491     PISSN: 09769668     EISSN: 22297707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.149114     Document Type: Article

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