The Kettering Diabetic Monitoring Programme: Twelve months experience of an optometric practice-based scheme

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 401-407

  Pointer, J S ^a   Baranyovits, P ^b   O'Malley, B P ^b  

^a Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MYDRIASIS; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLICY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 0031663713     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(97)00116-6     Document Type: Article

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