Risk factors for high-altitude headache in mountaineers

Cephalalgia

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 706-711

  Burtscher, Martin ^a   Mairer, Klemens ^a   Wille, Maria ^a   Broessner, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

exercise; Headache; high altitude; hypoxia; migraine; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEADACHE; HIGH ALTITUDE HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIGRAINE; MOUNTAINEERING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMOKING; TUNDRA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 79954627449     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102410394678     Document Type: Article

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