Prevalence of migraine in a rural area in South Tanzania: A door-to-door survey

Cephalalgia

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 960-966

  Dent, Wolfgang ^a,d,e   Spiss, H K ^a   Helbok, R ^a   Matuja, W B P ^b   Scheunemann, S ^c   Schmutzhard, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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

^c Mnero Diocesan Hospital   (Tanzania)

^d University Hospital for Neuroradiology   (Austria)

^e Neurological Intensive Care Unit ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Door to door survey; Epidemiology; IHS criteria; Migraine; Prevalence; South Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIGRAINE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA;

EID: 8144222272     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00775.x     Document Type: Review

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