Mantram or Holy Name Repetition: Health Benefits from a Portable Spiritual Practice

Spirit, Science, and Health: How the Spiritual Mind Fuels Physical Wellness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 94-112

  Bormann, Jill E ^a   Oman, Doug ^b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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