Recurrent headache, coping, and quality of life in children: A review

Headache

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 357-370

  Bandell Hoekstra, Inez ^a,b   Abu Saad, Huda Huijer ^a   Passchier, Jan ^a   Knipschild, Paul ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Coping with pain; Headache; Literature review; Quality of life; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEADACHE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS;

EID: 0034074299     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2000.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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