Prevalence and clinical characteristics of headache in a rural community in Oman

Headache

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 963-973

  Deleu, Dirk ^a,b   Khan, Mushtaq A ^c   Al Shehab, Tariq A H ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^c Department of Community Health ^*  (Oman)

Author keywords

Community; Headache; Migraine; Oman; Prevalence; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; MEFENAMIC ACID; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; OMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF MEDICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENSION HEADACHE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; OMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 18744371277     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2002.02225.x     Document Type: Article

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