Diabetic retinopathy: Examination practices and referral patterns of general practitioners

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 341-344

  Dickson, Peter R ^a   McCarty, Catherine A ^a   Keeffe, Jill E ^a   Baxter, Royce ^b   Harper, C Alex ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b General Practitioner   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029921686     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb122049.x     Document Type: Article

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