Rates of diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders within a prevalent population of community-dwelling elderly people in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 207-214

  Dewhurst, Felicity ^a,b   Dewhurst, Matthew J ^a,b   Gray, William K ^a   Chaote, Paul ^c   Howlett, William ^d   Orega, Golda ^d   Walker, Richard W ^a,b  

^a NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Hai District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Diagnosis; Elderly; Neurological disorders; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISABILITY; DYSKINESIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; POLIOMYELITIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TANZANIA; TREMOR;

EID: 84873079387     PISSN: 22106006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jegh.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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