Headaches during war: Analysis of presentation, treatment, and factors associated with outcome

Cephalalgia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 94-108

  Cohen, Steven P ^a,b,c   Plunkett, Anthony R ^b,c   Wilkinson, Indy ^b,c   Nguyen, Conner ^d   Kurihara, Connie ^b   Flagg, Artemus ^a   Morlando, Benny ^b   Stone, Christina ^d   White, Ronald L ^c,d   Anderson Barnes, Victoria C ^b   Galvagno, Samuel M ^a,e,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f 459th Aeromedical Staging Squadron ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; headache; soldier; war

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCUSSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; NEURALGIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENSION HEADACHE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856188520     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102411422382     Document Type: Article

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