Increasing Prevalence of Headache in 7‐Year‐Old Schoolchildren

Reports of increased prevalence of headache in adults end clinical impressions of similar trends in children prompted this epidemiological study on migraine and other headache. The first stage was carried out in 1974 In children starting school, and the second stage in 1992 using the identical study design, the same age group, and a similar urban child population.

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