Population based assessment of diabetic retinopathy in an urban population in southern India

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 937-940

  Dandona, Lalit ^a   Dandona, Rakhi ^a,b   Naduvilath, Thomas J ^a   McCarty, Catherine A ^b   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0032788302     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.8.937     Document Type: Article

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