Descriptive features and causal attributions of headache in an Australian community

Headache

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 246-250

  Fernandez, Ephrem ^a   Sheffield, Jeanie ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

causal attributions; cross cultural differences; demographics; environmental stimuli; epidemiology; mental stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRAINE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TENSION HEADACHE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029875306     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3604246.x     Document Type: Article

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