Effectiveness of a community-based Tai Chi program and implications for public health initiatives
- 30 April 2005
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Vol. 86 (4) , 619-625
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2004.10.020
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