Psychological well-being in older adults suffering from chronic headache

Headache

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 292-294

  Jelicic, Marko ^a,c   Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^a   Passchier, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic headache; Elderly; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

EID: 0031901707     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1998.3804292.x     Document Type: Article

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