Prevalence of headache and migraine in schoolchildren in the United Arab Emirates

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 522-524

  Bener, A ^a   Swadi, H ^a   Qassimi, E M A ^a   Uduman, S ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Headache; Migraine

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0032468763     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1998.522     Document Type: Article

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