Relative contributions of life events versus daily hassles to the frequency and intensity of headaches

Headache

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 595-602

  Fernandez, Ephrem ^a   Sheffield, Jeanie ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

daily hassles; headache parameters; life events; psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030448996     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3610595.x     Document Type: Article

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