Neurological disorders in Iraqi refugees in Jordan: Data from the United Nations Refugee Assistance Information System

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 694-701

  Mateen, Farrah J ^a,b,c   Carone, Marco ^d   Nyce, Sayre ^e   Ghosn, Jad ^e   Mutuerandu, Timothy ^f   Al Saedy, Huda ^f   Lowenstein, Daniel H ^g   Burnham, Gilbert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Lebanon)

^f United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Jordan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Health services; Neurology; Pain; Refugee; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA BASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-10; INFORMATION SYSTEM; IRAQ; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAQ; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REFUGEES; TORTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862514981     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6248-x     Document Type: Article

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