The Therapeutic Potential of Melatonin in Migraines and other Headache Types

Alternative Medicine Review, August, 2001 by Joel J. Gagnier

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Joel d. Gagnier, BA (Hens), ND -- Currently completing a M.Sc. in Clinical Epidemiology and Health-Care research at the University of Toronto under a Post-Graduate Fellowship from the Canadian Institute of Health Research and the Office of Natural Health Products. Correspondence address: 34 Blackwillow Way, North York, Ontario, Canada M2J 2A8. Email: j._gagnier@hotmail.com