Prevalence of primary headache syndrome in adults in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia

Headache

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 385-388

  Abduljabbar, Mohammad ^a   Ogunniyi, Adesola ^a   Al Balla, Suliman ^a   Alballaa, Saleh ^a   Al Dalaan, Abdullah ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

headache; migraine; prevalence; primary headache; tension type

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL CLASS; TENSION HEADACHE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 0030037218     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3606385.x     Document Type: Article

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