An economic analysis of screening for diabetic retinopathy

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 32-35

  Bjørvig, Siri ^a   Johansen, Monika A ^a   Fossen, Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; TELEMETRY;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NORWAY; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0013068527     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/1357633021937433     Document Type: Article

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