Prevalence of migraine headache in a rural area of northern Tanzania: A community-based door-to-door survey

Cephalalgia

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 582-592

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Babati District Hospital   (Tanzania)

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

Author keywords

Epidemiology; IHS criteria; Migraine headache; Prevalence; Rural community; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956241650     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2009.01994.x     Document Type: Article

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