Prevalence of migraine and headache in a high-altitude town of Peru: A population-based study

Headache

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-101

  Jaillard, Assia S ^a,d   Mazetti, Pilar ^b   Kala, Edwin ^c  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

^c Hospital Provincial   (Peru)

^d Dept of Clin and Biol Neurosci ^*  (France)

Author keywords

altitude; epidemiology; headache; migraine; Peru

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPATHY; PERU; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ALTITUDE; AMERICAS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PERU; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030973850     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1997.3702095.x     Document Type: Article

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