Prevalence of headaches in a Chinese elderly population in Kinmen: Age and gender effect and cross-cultural comparisons

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 195-200

  Wang, S J ^a   Liu, H C ^a   Fuh, J L ^a   Liu, C Y ^b   Lin, K P ^a   Chen, H M ^a   Lin, C H ^a   Wang, P N ^a   Hsu, L C ^a   Wang, H C ^a   Lin, K N ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; TENSION HEADACHE;

EID: 0030795264     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.1.195     Document Type: Article

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