Prevalence of headache in the entire population of a small city in Brazil: Brief communication

Headache

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 895-899

  Junior, Ariovaldo S ^a,b   Krymchantowski, Abouch ^a   Moreira, Pedro ^a   Vasconcelos, Luiz ^a   Gomez, Rodrigo ^a   Teixeira, Antonio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Headache; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WIDOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650032704     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01435.x     Document Type: Article

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