The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 5, Issue 7 , Pages 536-537 , July 2009

Mind-Body Solutions for Obesity

  • Mary Koithan

      Affiliations

    • Mary Koithan, PhD, RN-C, CNS-C, is an associate professor in the College of Nursing and the College of Medicine's Department of Family and Community Medicine and Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson

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 This publication was made possible by Grant Number T32 AT001287 from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NCCAM or the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S1555-4155(09)00279-7

doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2009.05.012

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 5, Issue 7 , Pages 536-537 , July 2009

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