Incentives and barriers to retinopathy screening among African-Americans with diabetes

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 298-306

  Walker, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Basch, Charles E ^b   Howard, Crystal J ^b   Zybert, Patricia A ^b   Kromholz, W Noah ^c   Shamoon, Harry ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EYE FUNDUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEW YORK; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0030876152     PISSN: 10568727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1056-8727(96)00121-3     Document Type: Article

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