Headaches among Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom veterans with mild traumatic brain injury associated with exposures to explosions

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 941-952

  Ruff, Robert L ^a,b   Ruff, Suzanne S ^a   Wang, Xiao Feng ^c  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast; Combat; Explosion; Headache; Migraine; OEF; OIF; Pain; Sleep; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BLAST; COMBAT; HEADACHE; MIGRAINE; OEF; OIF; PAIN; SLEEP; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

DURABILITY; EXPLOSIONS; SLEEP RESEARCH;

EXPLOSIVES;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLOSION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DREAM; FOLLOW UP; MALE; SOLDIER; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DREAMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 65549127367     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2008.02.0028     Document Type: Article

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