The effect of weather on headache

Headache

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 596-602

  Prince, Patricia B ^a   Rapoport, Alan M ^b,c,g   Sheftell, Fred D ^c,d,e   Tepper, Stewart J ^c   Bigal, Marcelo E ^c,f  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR HEADACHE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SNOW;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NEW YORK CITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 2942662032     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2004.446008.x     Document Type: Article

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