Headache diagnoses among iraq and afghanistan war veterans enrolled in VA: A gender comparison

Headache

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1573-1582

  Carlson, Kathleen F ^a,b   Taylor, Brent C ^c,d   Hagel, Emily M ^c   Cutting, Andrea ^c   Kerns, Robert ^e,f   Sayer, Nina A ^c,d  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c A VA HSR and D Center of Excellence   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

headache; health service use; Veteran; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-9; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC HEADACHE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TENSION HEADACHE; VETERANS HEALTH; WAR;

HEADACHE; HEALTH SERVICE USE; VETERAN; WOMEN;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888289091     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/head.12216     Document Type: Article

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