Prevalence, Patterns, and Predictors of Yoga Use: Results of a U.S. Nationally Representative Survey

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 230-235

  Cramer, Holger ^a,b   Ward, Lesley ^b,c   Steel, Amie ^b,d   Lauche, Romy ^a,b   Dobos, Gustav ^a   Zhang, Yan ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Endeavour College of Natural Health (Brisbane)   (Australia)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; STRESS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959536733     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.07.037     Document Type: Article

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