A Community-Based Study of Headache Diagnosis and Prevalence in Singapore

Cephalalgia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-13

  Ho, K H ^a   Ong, B K C ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DIPLOPIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; SLEEP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENSION HEADACHE; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0037298605     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0333-1024.2002.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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