Prevalence and patterns of headache in school children in Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 215-217

  Siddiqui, Sarwer Jameel ^a   Shamim, Syed Muhammad Salman ^a   Hashmi, Ahmed Mustafa ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 33745069328     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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