An intervention for enhancing compliance with screening recommendations for diabetic retinopathy: A bicoastal experience

Diabetes Care

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 520-523

  Legorreta, Antonio P ^a,b   Hasan, Malik M ^a   Peters, Anne L ^c   Pelletier, Kenneth R ^d   Leung, Kwan Moon ^a,c  

^a Quality Initiatives Division   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETINA EXAMINATION; SCREENING;

EID: 0030895702     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.20.4.520     Document Type: Article

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