Frequency of migraine and the risk of cardiovascular disease for women: Limited evidence of an association

Women's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 625-628

  Anna, Vibeke ^a   Woodward, Mark ^b  

^a Cabrini Deakin Centre for Nursing Research   (Australia)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Ischemic stroke; Migraine; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NOTE; PREVALENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70549096893     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/whe.09.63     Document Type: Note

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