Use of focus groups to identify health promotion strategies for the early detection of diabetic retinopathy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 220-222

  Livingston, P M ^a,c   McCarty, C A ^b   Wood, C A ^b   Harper, A C ^b   Keeffe, J E ^b   Taylor, H R ^b  

^a Ctr for Behav Research in Cancer

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; SCREENING;

EID: 0031900799     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01176.x     Document Type: Article

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