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The Effects of Unilateral Forced Nostril Breathing on the Heart

David S. Shannahoff-khalsa Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA, 92103–8341, USA; The Khalsa Foundation for Medical Science, P.O. Box 2708, Del Mar, CA, 92014, USA
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Brian Kennedy Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA, 92103–8341, USA
Pages 47-60 | Received 08 Apr 1993, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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