The association between use of electronic media and prevalence of headache in adolescents: Results from a population-based cross-sectional study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Milde Busch, Astrid ^a   von Kries, Rüdiger ^a   Thomas, Silke ^b   Heinrich, Sabine ^b   Straube, Andreas ^b   Radon, Katja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MIGRAINE; MOBILE PHONE; MUSIC; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEVISION; TENSION HEADACHE; AGE; FAMILY; GERMANY; HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN; INTERVIEW; MP3 PLAYER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MP3-PLAYER; MUSIC; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949537511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-10-12     Document Type: Article

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