The prevalence of headache with emphasis on tension-type headache in rural Tanzania: A community-based study

Cephalalgia

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1317-1325

  Winkler, A S ^a,b   Stelzhammer, B ^c   Kerschbaumsteiner, K ^c   Meindl, M ^c   Dent, W ^c   Kaaya, J ^d   Matuja, W ^e   Schmutzhard, E ^c  

^a Interdisciplinary Centre for Palliative Care   (Germany)

^b Haydom Lutheran Hospital   (Austria)

^c Babati District Hospital   (Austria)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Headache; Prevalence; Tanzania; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; STANDARDIZATION; TANZANIA; TENSION HEADACHE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TANZANIA; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549214357     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2009.01885.x     Document Type: Article

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