Temporal associations between weather and headache: Analysis by empirical mode decomposition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Yang, Albert C ^a,b,c   Fuh, Jong Ling ^b,d   Huang, Norden E ^c   Shia, Ben Chang ^e   Peng, Chung Kang ^c,f   Wang, Shuu Jiun ^b,d  

^a Chutung Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRESSURE; SUN EXPOSURE; TAIWAN; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WARMING; WEATHER; WIND; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER; WIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551635671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014612     Document Type: Article

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