An epidemiologic study of headaches in Brazilian schoolchildren with a focus on pain frequency

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 67, Issue 3 B, 2009, Pages 798-803

  De Albuquerque, Regina Pires ^a   Santos, Adriana Barbosa ^b   Tognola, Waldir Antônio ^a   Arruda, Marco Antônio ^c  

^a Faculdade de Medicina Rio Preto   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c Glia Institute   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Headache; Prevalence; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARENT; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 71949101983     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2009000500003     Document Type: Article

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