The prevalence and characteristics of migraine in a population-based cohort: The GEM study

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 537-542

  Launer, Lenore J ^a,b   Terwindt, Gisela M ^c   Ferrari, Michael D ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033546621     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.3.537     Document Type: Review

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