The epidemiology of headache and migraine, and its meaning for neurological services

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 128-135

  Hopkins, A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEADACHE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY;

COST OF ILLNESS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NEUROLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030048656     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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