Using analgesics as tools: Young women's treatment for headache

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 234-243

  Lee, Dana Lee ^a   Hansen, Ebba Holme ^a   Holstein, Bjørn E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Analgesics; Headache; Qualitative interviews; Young adults; Young women

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENMARK; DRUG USE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 38549148322     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307312303     Document Type: Article

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