The stress response in headache sufferers: Physiological and psychological reactivity

Headache

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 221-227

  Holm, Jeffrey E ^a   Lamberty, Kerri ^a   McSherry II, William C ^a   Davis, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

ambiguity; migraine; stress reactivity; tension headache

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TENSION; TENSION HEADACHE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 0030926533     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1997.3704221.x     Document Type: Article

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