The association between migraine and obesity: Empty calories?

Cephalalgia

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 950-952

  Bigal, Marcelo E ^a,b  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; OPIATE;

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MIGRAINE; NEOPLASM; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; OBESITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84866984513     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102412455715     Document Type: Editorial

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