Prevalence of headache in Puerto Rico

Headache

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 774-778

  Miranda, Héctor ^a,b,c   Ortiz, Gilberto ^a   Figueroa, Sandra ^a   Peña, Diana ^a   Guzmán, Josué ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^c CEDOC Headache Center   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Headache; Migraine; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0043029797     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2003.03135.x     Document Type: Article

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