Physiological Correlates of Meditation and Their Clinical Effects in Headache: An Ongoing Investigation

Authors
Herbert Benson, Bonnie P Malvea, John R Graham
Publication
Headache - The Journal and Head and Face Pain
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Supported, in part, by grants from the United States Public Health Service (HL 14486-01, HL 10539-06, and RR-76 front the General Clinical Research Centers Program of the Division of Research Resources), the General Service Foundation, the Headache Research Foundation, and the Sandoz Foundation, Inc.

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