Reduced cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in older African Americans practicing the Trancendental Meditation(TM) program

Posted on:1997-12-01

Degree:Ph.D

Type:Dissertation

University:Maharishi University of Management

Candidate:Barnes, Vernon Anthony

Full Text:PDF

GTID:1464390014481380

Subject:Public Health

Abstract/Summary:

African Americans have a well-documented excess of CVD mortality which is at least in part due to psychosocial stress. The Transcendental Meditation...

Keywords/Search Tags:

Mortality, Americans, Meditation

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