A randomized controlled trial of stress reduction in African Americans treated for hypertension for over one year.

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Published in Am J Hypertens on January 01, 2005

Authors

Robert H Schneider1, Charles N Alexander, Frank Staggers, David W Orme-Johnson, Maxwell Rainforth, John W Salerno, William Sheppard, Amparo Castillo-Richmond, Vernon A Barnes, Sanford I Nidich

Author Affiliations

1: Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa, USA. rschneider@mum.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Stress Reduction & CVD Morbidity and Mortality in Blacks | NCT00000537

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