Increasing prevalence of headache in 7-year-old schoolchildren

Headache

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 466-470

  Sillanpää, Matti ^a,b   Anttila, Pirjo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

childhood headache; migraine; prevalence of headache; secular trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MINNESOTA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 0029791113     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3608466.x     Document Type: Article

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