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. 2007 Jun 11;8(3):149–151. doi: 10.1007/s10194-007-0382-y

The definitive position of headache among the major public health challenges. An end to the slippery slope of disregard

Paolo Martelletti 1,✉, Timothy J Steiner 2, José M Bertolote 3, Tarun Dua 3, Benedetto Saraceno 3
PMCID: PMC2780664  PMID: 17563844

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