Determining the Burden of Neurological Disorders in Populations Living in Tropical Areas: Who Would Be Questioned? Lessons from a Mexican Rural Community | Zendy

Fabrice Quet | Zendy; PierreMarie Preux | Zendy; Mirna Huerta | Zendy; Ruben D. Ramirez | Zendy; Teresa Abad | Zendy; Gladis Fragoso | Zendy; Julio Coll | Zendy; Edda Sciutto | Zendy; Agnès Fleury | Zendy

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Determining the Burden of Neurological Disorders in Populations Living in Tropical Areas: Who Would Be Questioned? Lessons from a Mexican Rural Community

Author(s) -

Fabrice Quet,

PierreMarie Preux,

Mirna Huerta,

Ruben D. Ramirez,

Teresa Abad,

Gladis Fragoso,

Julio Coll,

Edda Sciutto,

Agnès Fleury

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

neuroepidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217

H-Index - 87

eISSN - 1423-0208

pISSN - 0251-5350

DOI - 10.1159/000327496

Subject(s) - medicine , population , pediatrics , confidence interval , disease burden , neurological examination , cross sectional study , disease , environmental health , psychiatry , pathology

The best approach to determine the burden of neurological disorders in developing countries is to perform population-based studies. Our objectives were to determine the prevalence of neurological disorders in a Mexican rural community and assess the usefulness of a household screening questionnaire.

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