Weather and air pollution as triggers of severe headaches

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 922-927

  Mukamal, Kenneth J ^a   Wellenius, Gregory A ^a   Suh, Helen H ^b   Mittleman, Murray A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; NITROGEN; SULFUR DIOXIDE; CARBON;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR PRESSURE; CARBON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 64049098352     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000344152.56020.94     Document Type: Article

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