Effect of chinook winds on the probability of migraine headache occurrence

Headache

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-158

  Piorecky, J ^a   Becker, W J ^a,b   Rose, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Calgary General Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

age; migraine; weather

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WIND;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALBERTA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PROBABILITY; RECORDS; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 0030960488     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1997.3703153.x     Document Type: Article

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