Use of eye care services by people with diabetes: The Melbourne Visual Impairment Project

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 410-414

  McCarty, Catherine A ^a   Lloyd Smith, Conrad W ^a   Lee, Sharon E ^b   Livingston, Patricia M ^a   Stanislavsky, Yury L ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Victorian WorkCover Authority (WorkSafe)   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031955578     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.4.410     Document Type: Article

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