A new type of headache, headache associated with airplane travel: Preliminary diagnostic criteria and possible mechanisms of aetiopathogenesis

Cephalalgia

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1266-1273

  Berilgen, M Said ^a   Müngen, Bulent ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Airplane travel; headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BRAIN REGION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; TRAVEL;

EID: 80052810569     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102411413159     Document Type: Article

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