Clinical features of headache associated with mobile phone use: A cross-sectional study in university students

BMC Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chu, Min K ^a   Song, Hoon G ^b   Kim, Chulho ^a   Lee, Byung C ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEADACHE ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE PHONE USE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; OSMOPHOBIA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIORBITAL PAIN; PHOBIA; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; STEREOTYPY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VOMITING; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 80053361002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-115     Document Type: Article

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